Tense

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✅ Positive sentence


❌ Negative sentence


❓ Question (Interrogative)


❌❓ Negative question


🧱 Structure for each




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📘 All 12 Tenses Explained (1–12)



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1. Present Simple Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + V₁ (s/es)


❌ Negative: Subject + do/does + not + V₁


❓ Question: Do/Does + Subject + V₁?


❌❓ Negative Question: Don’t/Doesn’t + Subject + V₁?



🔸Examples:


✅ She plays tennis.


❌ She does not play tennis.


❓ Does she play tennis?


❌❓ Doesn’t she play tennis?





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2. Present Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + am/is/are + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Am/Is/Are + Subject + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Isn’t/ Aren’t + Subject + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She is singing.


❌ She is not singing.


❓ Is she singing?


❌❓ Isn’t she singing?





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3. Present Perfect Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + has/have + V₃


❌ Negative: Subject + has/have + not + V₃


❓ Question: Has/Have + Subject + V₃?


❌❓ Negative Question: Hasn’t/Haven’t + Subject + V₃?



🔸Examples:


✅ She has finished her homework.


❌ She has not finished her homework.


❓ Has she finished her homework?


❌❓ Hasn’t she finished her homework?





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4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + has/have been + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + has/have not been + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Has/Have + Subject + been + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Hasn’t/Haven’t + Subject + been + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She has been studying for two hours.


❌ She has not been studying.


❓ Has she been studying?


❌❓ Hasn’t she been studying?





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5. Past Simple Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + V₂


❌ Negative: Subject + did not + V₁


❓ Question: Did + Subject + V₁?


❌❓ Negative Question: Didn’t + Subject + V₁?



🔸Examples:


✅ She played football.


❌ She did not play football.


❓ Did she play football?


❌❓ Didn’t she play football?





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6. Past Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + was/were + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + was/were + not + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Was/Were + Subject + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Wasn’t/Weren’t + Subject + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She was reading a book.


❌ She was not reading a book.


❓ Was she reading a book?


❌❓ Wasn’t she reading a book?





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7. Past Perfect Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + had + V₃


❌ Negative: Subject + had not + V₃


❓ Question: Had + Subject + V₃?


❌❓ Negative Question: Hadn’t + Subject + V₃?



🔸Examples:


✅ She had left the house.


❌ She had not left the house.


❓ Had she left the house?


❌❓ Hadn’t she left the house?





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8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + had been + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + had not been + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Had + Subject + been + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Hadn’t + Subject + been + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She had been writing for an hour.


❌ She had not been writing.


❓ Had she been writing?


❌❓ Hadn’t she been writing?





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9. Future Simple Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + will + V₁


❌ Negative: Subject + will not + V₁


❓ Question: Will + Subject + V₁?


❌❓ Negative Question: Won’t + Subject + V₁?



🔸Examples:


✅ She will dance.


❌ She will not dance.


❓ Will she dance?


❌❓ Won’t she dance?





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10. Future Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + will be + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + will not be + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Will + Subject + be + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Won’t + Subject + be + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She will be singing.


❌ She will not be singing.


❓ Will she be singing?


❌❓ Won’t she be singing?





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11. Future Perfect Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + will have + V₃


❌ Negative: Subject + will not have + V₃


❓ Question: Will + Subject + have + V₃?


❌❓ Negative Question: Won’t + Subject + have + V₃?



🔸Examples:


✅ She will have finished the task.


❌ She will not have finished the task.


❓ Will she have finished the task?


❌❓ Won’t she have finished the task?





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12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense


🧱 Structure:


✅ Positive: Subject + will have been + V₁+ing


❌ Negative: Subject + will not have been + V₁+ing


❓ Question: Will + Subject + have been + V₁+ing?


❌❓ Negative Question: Won’t + Subject + have been + V₁+ing?



🔸Examples:


✅ She will have been working for 5 hours.


❌ She will not have been working.


❓ Will she have been working?


❌❓ Won’t she have been working?



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