Present Simple Tense Positive I/You/We/They He/She/It V1 V1 + “-s” Negative I/You/We/They He/She/It Question (What, how, when, ...) Do Does I do my homework. do not (don’t) does not (doesn’t) I don’t do my homework. I/you/we/they he/she/it Do you do your homework? Common time expression of Simple Present Tense every day every Sunday at/on weekends once/twice/three times a week/month/day sometimes/occassionally/from time to time on Wednesdays V1 V1 in the mornings/afternoons/evenings at nights every other day usually/often/in general/generally/normally rarely/seldom/almost never never Present Continuous Tense Positive I He/She/It You/We/They Negative I He/She/It You/We/They Question (What, how, when, …) Am Is Are am is are I am doing my homework. am not (‘m not) is not (isn’t) are not (aren’t) I am not doing my homework. I he/she/it you/we/they Are you doing your homework? V1 + “-ing” V1 + “ing” V1 + “-ing” Common time expressions of Present Continuous Tense now today/tonight/tomorrow right now these days/nowadays at the moment this week/year at this moment next week/year as we speak all day/week/morning/night in the meanwhile at the same time during the day/night/week Past Simple Tense Positive Subject V2 Negative Subject Question (What, how, when, ...) Did Common time expressions of Simple Past Tense yesterday the day before yesterday a little while/a long time/some time ago two days/three weeks/ten years ago at that moment I did my homework. did not (didn’t) I didn’t do my homework. subject Did you do your homework? last night/week/month/year/summer/winter/spring/fall last Wednesday/December in 1993 this morning/afternoon/evening V1 V1 Past Continuous Tense Positive I/He/She/It You/We/They was were Negative I/He/She/It You/We/They Question (What, how, when, ...) Was Were V1 + “-ing” I was doing my homework. was not (wasn’t) were not (weren’t) I wasn’t doing my homework. I/he/she/it you/we/they Were you doing your homework? V1 + “-ing” V1 + “-ing” Common time expressions of Past Continuous Tense when in the meanwhile as/while at the same time all morning/evening/night during afternoon/morning/the day/the week all day yesterday at that moment at 3 o’clock Simple Future Tense Positive Subject Negative Subject Question (What, how, when, …) Will will I will do my homework. will not (won’t) I won’t do my homework. subject Will you do your homework? V1 V1 V1 “be going to” Positive I He/She/It You/We/They Negative I He/She/It You/We/They Question (What/how/when/…) Am Is Are am is are I am going to do my homework. am not (I’m not) is not (isn’t) are not (aren’t) I’m not going to do my homework. I He/She/It You/We/They Are you going to do your homework? going to V1 going to V1 going to V1 Common time expressions of Simple Future Tense tomorrow in the future/in the near future/way off in the future next week/month/year later tonight in an hour/a day/a week/a year later this afternoon/evening in the upcoming days/weeks/years the day after tomorrow soon eventually/finally Future Continuous Tense Positive Subject Negative Subject Question (What, how, when, ...) Will will (‘ll) I will be doing my homework. will not (won’t) I won’t be doing my homework. subject Will you be doing your homework? be V1 + “-ing” be V1 + “-ing” be V1 + “-ing” Common time expressions of Future Continuous Tense at this time tomorrow later tonight this time next week/year/summer/winter later this afternoon/evening at 8 o’clock soon the day after tomorrow in ten minutes/an hour/two weeks/a month/a year when next week/month/year at the weekend on Saturday Present Perfect Tense Positive I/You/We/They He/She/It Negative I/You/We/They He/She/It Question Have Has have (‘ve) has (‘s) I have done my homework. have not (haven’t) has not (hasn’t) I haven’t done my homework. I/you/we/they he/she/it Have you done your homework? V3 V3 V3 Common time expressions of Present Perfect Tense ever/never always just so far yet once/twice/three times already many times still in the last six days weeks/months/years lately/recently in the past eight days weeks/months/years for today since this week/month/year forever Perfect Continuous Tense Positive I/You/We/They He/She It Negative I/You/We/They He/She/It Question Have Has have (‘ve) has (‘s) been I have been doing my homework. have not (haven’t) been has not (hasn’t) I haven’t been doing my homework. I/you/we/they been he/she/it Have you been doing your homework? Common time expressions of Perfect Continuous Tense for since all morning/night/day/week this week/month/year lately/recently today forever these days/nowadays V1 + “-ing” V1 + “-ing” V1 + “-ing”
