The Tenses
Употребление
Indefinite
(Simple)
Констатация факта без
указания на длительность действия.
Повторяющееся / регулярное действие.
Ряд последовательных
действий
Процесс происходящий
в определенный момент
времени, который обозначается: а) точным
указанием времени; б)
другим действием
V, V-s
am
is
are
+
Present
Continuous
(Progressive)
They (He) play
(plays) chess every
Saturday and Sunday.
+ V-ing
Perfect
Действие имевшее место до определенного
момента времени.
Процесс, который начался до определенного
момента времени, длился
в течение некоторого
периода вплоть до этого
момента (иногда также
во время и после этого
момента)
have
have
has
+
+
They (He) don’t
(doesn’t) play chess on
Monday.


Do (Does) they (he)
play chess on Wednesday?
?

?
They (He) are (is)
playing chess now.
They (He) aren’t
(isn’t) playing chess
now.
Are (Is) they (he)
playing chess now?
Perfect Continuous
(Progressive)
V3
They (He) have
(has) just finished a
game of chess.
They (He) haven’t
(hasn’t) finished a
game of chess yet.
?
Have (Has) they
(he) finished a game of
chess?
has
been + V-ing
+
They (He) have (has)
been playing chess for
three hours.

They (He) haven’t
(hasn’t) been playing
chess for two hours.
?
Have (Has) they (he)
been playing a game of
chess for five hours?
Past
was
had been + V-ing
+ They had played
chess before we returned.
+
They hadn’t played
chess before we returned.

They had been playing chess for three hours
before I came home.
Had they played
chess before she returned?
?
Had you been playing
chess for three hours
when I came?
shall
shall
+
They played chess
last Wednesday.
+



?
?
shall
He didn’t play chess
last Wednesday.
Did you play chess
last Wednesday?
will/shall + V
+
Future
had + V3
were
?
They will play chess
next week.

They won’t play
chess next Sunday
?
Will they play chess
in a week?
would/should
Future-in-the-Past
+ V-ing
V-ed, V2
+V
+
He said he would
play chess next day.

He said he wouldn’t
play chess next Sunday
?
He wanted to know if
they would play chess
next Monday.
They (I) were (was)
playing chess at 7 p.m.
yesterday.
They (he) weren’t
(wasn’t) playing chess
at 7 p.m. yesterday.
Were (was) they
(he) playing chess at
7 p.m. yesterday?
will
be V-ing
will
+
They will be playing chess at this time
tomorrow.
+

They won’t be playing chess at 12 p.m.
tomorrow.

Will they be playing
chess at 5 p.m. tomorrow?
?
would
would
?
should
be + V-ing
+
He told us he would
be playing chess at this
time next day.

He said they
wouldn’t be playing
chess at 12 p.m. next
Sunday.
? He wondered if they
would be playing chess
at 5 p.m. next Friday.
have + V3
They will have
played chess by the
time mother comes.
They won’t have
played chess by the
time mother comes.
Will they have
played chess by the
time mother comes?
should
will
have been + V-ing
+
They will have been
playing for about three
hours by the time I come.

We won’t have been
playing for three hours by
the time I come.
?
Will you have been
playing chess for two
hours when I come?
would
have + V3
+
He thought they
would have played
chess by the time mother came.
 He said they wouldn’t
have played chess by
the time mother came.
?
They had been playing chess for three hours
before I came home.
He asked if they
would have played
chess by the time mother came home.
should
have been + V-ing
+
He said they would
have been playing for
two hours by the time I
came.

He said they wouldn’t
have been playing for an
hour by the time I came.
?
She asked if he would
have been playing chess
for two hours by 7 p.m.