All Tenses in English, Positive Sentences, Negative Sentences and Question Sentences

All Tenses in English, Positive Sentences, Negative Sentences and Question Sentences

Present Simple Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + V1

• My mother lets me go out with my friends.
• I prefer my coffee black.
• She puts the keys on the table.

Negative Sentences – Subject + do/does not + V1

• My mother doesnot (doesn’t) let  me go out with my friends.
• I do not (don’t)prefer my coffee black.
• She doesnot (doesn’t) put the keys on the table.

Question Sentences – Do/Does + Subject + V1

• Does your mother let you go out with your friends?
• Do you prefer your coffee black?
• Does she put the keys on the table?

Present Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + BE + Ving

• Sheis listening the music now.
• We are learning English at this moment.
• My mother is cooking dinner in the kitchen now.

Negative Sentences – Subject + BE NOT + Ving

• Sheis not (isn’t) listening the music now.
• We are not (aren’t) learning English at this moment.
• My mother is not (isn’t) cooking dinner in the kitchen now.

Question Sentences – BE + Subject + Ving

• Isshe listening the music now?
• Are they learning English at this moment?
• Is your mother cooking dinner in the kitchen now?

Present Perfect Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + have/has + V3

• I have already prepared breakfast.
• My sister has cleaned the room.
• It has rained a lot lately.

Negative Sentences – Subject +have/has + not + V3

• I have not (haven’t) prepared breakfast yet.
• My sister has not (hasn’t) cleaned the room.
• It has not (hasn’t) rained a lot.

Question Sentences – Have/Has + Subject + V3

• Have you prepared breakfast?
• Has she cleaned the room?
• Has it raineda lot ?

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + Have/Has+ BEEN + Ving

• My father have been repairing the car. That‘s why his hands are greasy.
• Susan is in the kitchen. She has been making pizza.
• They have been playing in the room.

Negative Sentences – Subject + Have/Has NOT + BEEN + Ving

• My father have not (haven’t) been repairing the car. That‘s why his hands are greasy.
• Susan is in the kitchen. She has not (hasn’t) been making pizza.
• They have not (haven’t) been playing in the room.

Question Sentences – Have/Has + Subject + BEEN + Ving

• Have you been studying English?
• Has it been raining for three hours?
• Has she been teaching French since 2000?

Simple Past Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + V2

• We watched the news last night.
• They went to the party yesterday.
• She read the book.

Negative Sentences – Subject + did not + V1

• We did not (didn’t) watch the news last night.
• They did not (didn’t)go to the party yesterday.
• She did not (didn’t) read the book.

Question Sentences – Did + Subject + V1

• Did we watch the news last night?
• Did they go to the party yesterday?
• Did she read the book?

Past Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + BE(was/were) + Ving

• You were watching television last night.
• They were studying math yesterday.
• I was washing the dishes when the phone rang.

Negative Sentences – Subject + BE(was/were) NOT + Ving

• You were not (weren’t) watching television last night.
• They were not (weren’t) studying math yesterday.
• I was not (wasn’t) washing the dishes when the phone rang.

Question Sentences – BE(was/were) + Subject + Ving

• Were you watching television last night?
• Were they studying math yesterday?
• Was I washing the dishes when the phone rang?

Past Perfect Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + had + V3

• I went there after I had completed the task.
• She had comelate to the school.
• My father and mother had been married for two years when I was born.

Negative Sentences – Subject + had + not + V3

• I had not (hadn’t) completed the task.
• She had not (hadn’t) come late to the school.
• They  had not (hadn’t) been marriedwhen I was born.

Question Sentences – Had + Subject + V3

• Had you completed the task?
• Had she come late to the school?
• Had they been married when I was born?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + Had + BEEN + Ving

• When her husband came home, the woman had been cleaning the house for hours.
• The ground was covered with snow. It had been snowing heavy for several hours.
• They had been being friend since childhood.

Negative Sentences – Subject + Had + Not + BEEN + Ving

• I had not (hadn’t) been waiting for Sarah for 40 minutes before she called me.
• My daughter had not (hadn’t) been eating anything all day.
• She had not (hadn’t) been working all day so she was energetic.

Question Sentences – Had + Subject + BEEN + Ving

• Had they been running for several minutes when the teacher came?
• Had you been studying English since 3 o’clock?
• Had we been waiting for Sarah for 40 minutes before she called us?

Simple Future Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + will + V1

• She will be a doctor soon.
• You will mary me.
• The president will allow this.

Negative Sentences – Subject + will not + V1

• She will not (won’t)be a doctor soon.
• You will not (won’t) mary me.
• The president will not (won’t) allow this.

Question Sentences – Will + Subject + V1

• Will she be a doctor soon?
• Will you mary me?
• Will the president allow this?

Future Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + will + be + Ving

• When you arrive, I willbe sittingin the park.
• Iwillbe loving you.
• Iwillbe waiting for you.

Negative Sentences – Subject + will not + be + Ving

• When you arrive, I will not (won’t) be sitting in the park.
• I will not (won’t) be loving you.
• I will not (won’t)be waiting for you.

Question Sentences – Will + Subject + be + Ving

• Will you be sitting in the park when I arrive?
• Will you be loving me?
• Will you be waiting for me?

Future Perfect Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + will + have + V3

• By next week, we‘ll have earned lots of money.
• I will have prepared breakfast by the time the children wake up.
• The rain’ll have stopped by tomorrow.

Negative Sentences – Subject + will not + have + V3

• He will not (won’t) have received enough score by the summer.
• They will not (won’t) have been married by next year.
• The rain will not (won’t) have stopped by tomorrow.

Question Sentences – Will + Subject + have + V3

• Will you have graduated from the university before I graduate?
• Will he have learned all information about this job by May?
• Will we have arrived in China by the next week?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Sentences – Subject + will + HAVE BEEN + Ving

• I will have been workingfor seven hours by the time the boss comes
• She will have been sleepingfor one hour when he gets home.
• At 4 o’clock, we will have been waitingyou for one hour.

Negative Sentences – Subject + will not + HAVE BEEN + Ving

• I will not (won’t) have been shopping on Tuesday.
• He will not (won’t) have been playing football tomorrow evening.
• They will not (won’t) have been going for a picnic.

Question Sentences – WILL + Subject + HAVE BEEN + Ving

• Will you have been studying English?
• Will it have been raining for three hours?
• Will she have been teaching French for 1o years next year?