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16 Tenses Formula for Beginners

The document outlines 12 English verb tenses and their formulas. For each tense it provides the auxiliary verb, main verb form, and formula for positive, negative and interrogative sentences. The tenses covered include present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.

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16 Tenses Formula for Beginners

The document outlines 12 English verb tenses and their formulas. For each tense it provides the auxiliary verb, main verb form, and formula for positive, negative and interrogative sentences. The tenses covered include present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.

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Formula of 16 Tenses for Beginner

No Tenses Auxiliary Verb Formula


1 Simple Present Do/does V-1 (+) S + V1 s/es + C
Tense (-) S + do/does + not + V1 + C
(?) Do/Does + S + V1 + C ?
2 Present Is/am/are V-ing (+) S + is/am/are + V-ing + C
Continuous tense (-) S + is/am/are + not + V-ing + C
(?) Is/am/are + S + V-ing + C ?
3 Present Perfect Have/has V-3 (+) S + have/has + V3 + C
Tense (-) S + have/has not + V3 + c
(?) Have/has + S + V3 + C ?
4 Present Perfect Have/has been V-ing (+) S + have/has + been + V-ing + C
Continuous Tense (-) S + have/has + not + been + V-ing + C
(?) Have/has + S + been + V-ing + C ?
5 Simple Past Tense Did V-2 (+) S + V2 + C
(-) S + did + not + V1 + C
(?) Did + S + V1 + C ?
6 Past Continuous Was/were V-ing (+) S + was/were + V-ing + C
Tense (-) S + was/were not + V-ing + C
(?) Was/were + S + V-ing + C ?
7 Past Perfect Tense Had V-3 (+) S + had + V3 + C
(-) S + had + not + V3 + C
(?) Had + S + V3 + C ?
8 Past Perfect Had been V-ing (+) S + had + been + V-ing + C
Continuous Tense (-) S + had + not + been + V-ing + C
(?) Had + S + been + V-ing + C ?
9 Simple Future Will V-1 (+) S + will + V1 + C
Tense (-) S + will + not + V1 + C
(?) Will + S + V1 + C ?
10 Future Continuous Will be V-ing (+) S + will + be + V-ing + C
Tense (-) S + will + not + be + V-ing + C
(?) Will + S + be + V-ing + C ?
11 Future Perfect Will have V-3 (+) S + will + have + V3 + c
Tense (-) S + will + not + have + V3 + C
(?) Will + S + have + V3 + C ?
12 Future Perfect Will have been V-ing (+) S + will + have + been + V-ing + C
Continuous Tense (-) S + will + not + have + been + V-ing + C
(?) Will + S + have + been + V-ing + C ?

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