Tenses (Active Voice) Flashcards
Simple Present
(s + verb-simple + o)
Affirmative: I (s) play (v) basketball (o) every week
Negative: i (s) Do not play (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Do/Don’t/Doesn’t you (s) play (v) basketball (o)?
Present Progressive
(s + (am/is/are + verb-ing) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) am (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) now
Negative: i (s) am not (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Are you (s) not playing (v) basketball (o)
Present Perfect
(s + (have/has + 3rf form very or verb-ed) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) have (aux. v) played (v) basketball (o)
Negative: I (s) have not (aux.v) played (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Haven’t/Hasn’t you (s) played (v) basketball (o)?
Present Perfect Progressive
(s + (have been/has been + verb-ing) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) have been (aux. v) playing basketball (o) for 3 hours
Negative: I (s) have not been (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) for 3 hours
Interrogative: Haven’t/Hasn’t you (s) been playing (v) basketball (o)
Simple Past
(s + verb-ed + o)
Affirmative: I (s) played (v) basketball (o) yesterday
Negative: i (s) Did not play (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Did/Didn’t you (s) play (v) basketball (o)?
Past Progressive
(s + (was/were + verb-ing) + o
Affirmative: I (s) was (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) the whole evening
Negative: I (s) was not / wasn’t (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: wasn’t he (s) playing (v)?
Past Perfect
(s + (had + 3rd form verb or verb-ed) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) had (aux. v) played (v) basketball (o) before mary came
Negative: I (s) had not / hadn’t (aux. v) played (v) basketball (o) before them
Interrogative: Had he (s) not played (v) basketball (o) ?
Past Perfect Progressive
(s + (had been + verb-ing) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) had been (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) when Mary came
Negative: I (s) had not been (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) during that time
Interrogative: Had he (s) not been playing (v) basketball (o) ?
Simple Future
(s + (will + verb-simple) + o)
Affirmative:
I (s) will (aux. v) play (v) basketball (o) next week
I (s) am going to (aux .v) play (v) basketball (o) this afternoon
Negative: I (s) will not play (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Will you (s) not play (v) basketball (o)
Future Progressive
(s + (will be + verb-ing) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) will be (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) next sunday
Negative: I (s) won’t / will not be (aux.v) playing (v) basketball (o) next sunday
Interrogative: Won’t you (s) be playing (v) basketball (o) next sunday
Future Perfect
(s + (will have + 3rd form very or verb-ed) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) will have (aux .v) played (v) basketball (o) by tomorrow
Negative: I (s) will not / won’t have (aux. v) played (v) basketball (o) by tomorrow
Interrogative: Will he (s) not have played (v) basketball (o)?
Future Perfect Progressive
(s + (will have been + verb-ing) + o)
Affirmative: I (s) will have been (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o) next month
Negative: I (s) will not /won’t have been (aux. v) playing (v) basketball (o)
Interrogative: Will he (s) not have been playing (v) basketball (o)?