TENSES with examples II types II  pdf chart II tenses with examples tenses rules tenses exercise
Channel: BEST NOTES TUTORIALS
Date: 2021-06-03

In this video you all will get a clear concept of tenses. Broadly there are 12 forms of tenses.After watching this video you will not have any confusion on this topic.
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Tense Signal words Use Form Examples affirmative Examples negative Examples interrogative
Simple Present or Present Simple 
every day
sometimes
always
often
usually
seldom
never
first ... then
something happens repeatedly
how often something happens
one action follows another
things in general
with the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)
future meaning: timetables, programmes
infinitive (he/she/it) + -s I work. I don't work. Do I work?
He works. He doesn't work. Does he work?
I go. I don't go. Do I go?
He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go?
Present
Progressive or
Present Continuous 
now
at the moment
Look!
Listen!
something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it
future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)
to be (am/are/is) + infinitive + -ing I'm working. I'm not working. Am I working?
He's working. He isn't working. Is he working?
I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going?
He's going. He isn't going. Is he going?
Simple Past or Past Simple 
last ...
... ago
in 1990
yesterday
action finished in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present) 
regular: infinitive + -ed
irregular: 2nd column of table of irregular verbs
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?
I went. I didn't go. Did I go?
He went. He didn't go. Did he go?
Past
Progressive or
Past Continuous while 
an action happened in the middle of another action
someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not
was/were + infinitive + -ing I was working. I wasn't working. Was I working?
He was working. He wasn't working. Was he working?
I was going. I wasn't going. Was I going?
He was going. He wasn't going. Was he going?
Simple
Present
Perfect
or
Present
Perfect 
just
yet
never
ever
already
so far
up to now
since
for
recently
you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present
action started in the past and continues up to the present
have/has + past participle* I have worked. I haven't worked. Have I worked?
He has worked. He hasn't worked. Has he worked?
I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone?
He has gone. He hasn't gone. Has he gone?
Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous 
all day
the whole day
how long
since
for
action began in the past and has just stopped
how long the action has been happening
emphasis: length of time of an action
have/has + been + infinitive + -ing I have been working. I haven't been working. Have I been working?
He has been working. He hasn't been working. Has he been working?
I have been going. I haven't been going. Have I been going?
He has been going. He hasn't been going. Has he been going?
Simple Past Perfect or Past Perfect (Simple) 
already
just
never
mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Past
the past of Present Perfect
had + past participle* I had worked. I hadn't worked. Had I worked?
He had worked. He hadn't worked. Had he worked?
I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous 
how long
since
for
how long something had been happening before something else happened had + been + infinitive + ing I had been working. I hadn't been working. Had I been working?
He had been working. He hadn't been working. Had he been working?
I had been going. I hadn't been going. Had I been going?
He had been going. He hadn't been going. Had he been going?
will - future   
predictions about the future (you think that sth. will happen)
you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before
main clause in type I of the if clauses
will + infinitive I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?
He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?
I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?
going to - future   
when you have already decided to do sth. in the future
what you think what will happen.
We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We did not list signal words in the future tenses as there are no definite ones. Always remember what action is described.