Tenses

Tenses

• Formulas

FORMULAS

Simple/Indefinite tense (Formula):

• PRESENT:
  Subject (singular) + verb (first form with s/es) + Object
  Subject (Plural) + verb (first form without s) + Object
  
  
• PAST:
  Subject + verb (Second form) + Object
  
  
• FUTURE:
  Subject (I /we) + shall + verb (first form) + Object
  Subject + will + verb (first form) + Object

Continuous tense (Formula):

• PRESENT:
  Subject (I) + am + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  Subject (singular) + is + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  Subject (Plural) + are + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  
  
• PAST:
  Subject (singular) + was + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  Subject (Plural) + were + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  
  
• FUTURE:
  Subject (I /we) + shall be + verb (first form with ing) + Object
  Subject + will be + verb (first form with ing) + Object

Perfect tense (Formula):

• PRESENT:
  Subject (singular) + has + verb (third form) + Object + time
  Subject (Plural) + have + verb (third form) + Object + time
  
  
• PAST:
  Subject + had + verb (third form) + Object + time
  
  
• FUTURE:
  Subject (I /we) + shall have + verb (third form) + Object + time
  Subject + will have + verb (third form) + Object + time

Perfect Continuous tense (Formula):

• PRESENT:
  Subject (singular) + has been + verb (first form with ing) + Object + time
  Subject (Plural) + have been + verb (first form with ing) + Object + time
  
  
• PAST:
  Subject + had been+ verb (first form with ing) + Object + time
  
  
• FUTURE:
  Subject (I /we) + shall have been + verb (first form with ing) + Object + time
  Subject + will have been + verb (first form with ing) + Object + time