How to Speak English | Learn Basic English Tenses.
If you want to start to Improve your learning English, you first need to know some basic rules of the grammar. English grammar will not only help you to create your own sentences correctly but will also make it easier to improve your communication skills in both spoken and written English. This english lesson help you to understand the basic english tenses. Now start getting fun with easy lessons!
Tenses
- Present indefinite tense
- Present continuous tense
- Present perfect tense
- Present perfect continuous tense
- Past indefinite tense
- Past continuous tense
- Past perfect tense
- Past perfect continuous tense
- Future indefinite tense
- Future continuous tense
- Future perfect tense
- Future perfect continuous tense
- Simple Present tense
Present tense of a verb that express action or state in the present time and is used to habitual or characteristic or usual actions or daily event or universal fact, that is sometimes used to refer to action in the past, or for future events.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + 1st form of verb + Object
They play cricket once in a month.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
Ali celebrates his job success each year.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + Do not / Does not + 1st form of verb + Object
I do not write blog every day.
He doesn’t wake me from sleep.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Do / Does + Subject + 1st form of verb + Object
Do I seem worried?
Does boy bully these children?
Do boys eat chocolate everyday?
- Present continuous tense
The present continuous verb tense is used to describe an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + Am/is/are + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
They are reading english lessons.
I m playing football.
He is driving a bus.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + Am/is/are + not + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
I am not playing football.
He is not driving a bus.
They are not reading english lessons.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Am/is/are + Subject + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
Am I playing football?
Is he driving a bus?
Are they reading english lessons?
- Present perfect tense
The present perfect tense is used to describe an action or state is complete or has ended or began in the past and continued to the present time.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + has / have + Past participle + Object
We have lived here for several years.
I have finished my school work.
She has passed the examination.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + has / have + not + Past participle + Object
We have not lived here for several years.
I have not finished my school work.
She has not passed the examination.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Has / Have + Subject + not + Past participle + Object
Have you lived here for several years?
Have you finished your school work?
Has she passed the examination?
- Present perfect continuous tense
The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) is used to describe an action that has been taking place for sometime and is still continuous or something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + has been / have been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
He has been watering the trees for one hours.
I have been studying lessons since 7 O’clock.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + has not been / have not been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
He has not been watering the trees for one hours.
I have not been studying lessons since 7 O’clock.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Has / Have + Subject + been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
Has he been watering the trees for one hours?
Have I been studying lessons since 7 O’clock?
- Simple Past tense
The past tense is a grammatical tense whose function is to place an action or situation in the past or that is used to mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + 2nd form of verb + Object
I killed a snake.
He ate a banana.
He won the gold medal.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + did not + 1st form of verb + Object
I did not kill a snake.
He did not eat a banana.
He did not win the gold medal.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Did + Subject + 1st form of verb + Object
Did I kill a snake?
Did he eat a banana?
Did he win the gold medal?
- Past continuous tense
The past continuous describes actions or state in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event occurred.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + was / were + (1st form of verb +ing) + Object
My kids were playing basketball.
She was crying yesterday.
The children were climbing on a hill.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + was / were + not + (1st form of verb +ing) + Object
My kids were not playing basketball.
She was not crying yesterday.
The children were not climbing on a hill.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Was / were + Subject + (1st form of verb +ing) + Object
Were your kids playing basketball?
Was she crying yesterday?
Were the children climbing on a hill?
- Past perfect tense
The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that were completed before in the past or express something that happened before another action in the past.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + had + 3rd form of verb or past participle + Object
I had cleaned it off the window.
He had taken the exam last year.
The thief had stolen my pen.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + had + not + 3rd form of verb or past participle + Object
I had not cleaned it off the window.
He had not taken the exam last year.
The thief had not stolen my pen.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Had + Subject + 3rd form of verb or past participle + Object
Had you cleaned it off the window?
Had he taken the exam last year?
Had the thief stolen your pen?
- Past perfect continuous tense
The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe something that an action started in the past continued up until another time in the past or is used to show about an event which began in the past and continued in the past.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + had been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
I had been waiting for his brother for two hour.
He had been drinking water.
He had been playing cricket since 3 O’clock.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + had not been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
I had not been waiting for his brother for two hour.
He had not been drinking water.
He had not been playing cricket since 3 O’clock.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Had + Subject + been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
had you been waiting for his brother for two hour?
Had he been drinking water?
Had he been playing cricket since 3 O’clock?
- Simple Future tense
Simple Future tense is used to describe much more detail about things such as your future plans or decisions that you know are coming up or is used to talk about plans that haven’t happened yet or refer to the future.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + will + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
I will buy a laptop tomorrow.
Summer will come soon.
Ali will come to here.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + will + not + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
I will not buy a laptop tomorrow.
Summer will not come soon.
Ali will not come to here.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Will + Subject + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
Will I buy a laptop tomorrow?
Will summer come soon?
Will ali come to here?
- Future continuous tense
The Future Continuous tense is used to express an action at a certain period of time in the future. However, the action will not have finished at the moment or indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + will be + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
I will be singing in the concert tomorrow.
I will be waiting for you.
I will be watching news tomorrow.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + will not be + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
I will not be singing in the concert tomorrow.
I will not be waiting for you.
I will not be watching news tomorrow.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Will + Subject + be + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object
Will I be singing in the concert tomorrow?
Will I be waiting for you?
Will you be watching news tomorrow?
- Future perfect tense
The future perfect tense expresses an event or action that will occer in the future or refers to a completed action in the future.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + will have + 3rd form of verb + Object
I will have finished your work by the end of this month.
You will have started a job.
She will have finished the work by the end of this week.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + will not have + 3rd form of verb + Object
I will not have finished your work by the end of this month.
You will not have started a job.
She will not have finished the work by the end of this week.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Will + Subject + have + 3rd form of verb + Object
Will I have finished your work by the end of this month?
Will you have started a job?
Will she have finished the work by the end of this week?
- Future perfect continuous tense
The future perfect continuous is used to describe actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
Example : Affirmative sentence
Subject + will have been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
I will have been living in this house for 3 years.
I will have been waiting for him for two hour.
She will have been playing cricket since 2010.
Example : Negative sentence
Subject + will not have been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
I will not have been living in this house for 3 years.
I will not have been waiting for him for two hour.
She will not have been playing cricket since 2010.
Example : Interrogative sentence
Will + Subject + have been + (1st form of verb + ing) + Object + time reference
Will I have been living in this house for 3 years?
Will I have been waiting for him for two hour?
Will she have been playing cricket since 2010?