Table of English Tenses

Tense Name	Construction	Positive Statement	Negative Statement	Questions
Present Simple	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 Continuous	to be (am/are/is) + present participle	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?
Past Simple	regular: infinitive + -ed (See also: 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 Continuous	was/were + present participle	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?
Present Perfect	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 Continuous	have/has + been + present participle	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?
Past Perfect Simple	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 Continuous	had + been + present participle	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	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?
be going to - future	be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive	I'm going to work.	I'm not going to work.	Am I going to work?
		He's going to work.	He's not going to work.	Is he going to work?
		I'm going to go.	I'm not going to go.	Am I going to go?
		He's going to go.	He's not going to go.	Is he going to go?
Future Continuous	will + be + present participle	I'll be working.	I won't be working.	Will I be working?
		He'll be working.	He won't be working.	Will he be working?
		I'll be going.	I won't be going.	Will I be going?
		He'll be going.	He won't be going.	Will he be going?
Future Perfect Simple	will + have + past participle	I'll have worked.	I won't have worked.	Will I have worked?
		He'll have worked.	He won't have worked.	Will he have worked?
		I'll have gone.	I won't have gone.	Will I have gone?
		He'll have gone.	He won't have gone.	Will he have gone?
Future Perfect Continuous	will + have + been + present participle	I'll have been working.	I won't have been working.	Will I have been working?
		He'll have been working.	He won't have been working.	Will he have been working?
		I'll have been going.	I won't have been going.	Will I have been working?
		He'll have been going.	He won't have been going.	Will he have been working?
Conditional Simple	would + infinitive	I would work.	I wouldn't work.	Would I work?
		He would work.	He wouldn't work.	Would he work?
		I would go.	I wouldn't go.	Would I go?
		He would go.	He wouldn't go.	Would he go?

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