English Grammar - Types Of Tense (Table Chart)

Types Of Tense

Conventions Used:
P = Positive
N = Negative
I  = Interrogative
IN =Interrogative + Negative

PRESENT	PAST	FUTURE
SIMPLE P-Sub(Sing)+V-1+s/es     He plays     Sub(PI)+V-1     I play N-Sub(Sing)+does not+V-1     He does not play     Sub(PL)+do not+play     I do not play I-Does+sub(Sing)+V-1?    Does he play?    Do+sub(PL)+V-1?    Do I play? IN-Does(Sing)+not+V-1?    Does he not play?    Do+sub(PL)+not+V-1?    Do I not play?	SIMPLE P Sub+V-2    He played    I played N-Sub+did not=V-1    He did not play    I did not play I-Did+Sub_V-1?    Did he play?    Did I play? IN-Did+sub+not+V-1?    Did he not play?    Did I not play?	SIMPLE P-Sub(I/We)+shall+V-1    I shall play    Sub(He/She/I/You/They)+will+V-1    He will play N-Sub+shall/will+not+V-1    I shall not play    He will not play I-Shall/Will+sub+V-1?    Shall I play?    Will he play? IN-Shall/Will+sub+not+V-1?    Shall I not play?    Will he not play?
CONTINUOUS P-Sub+is/am/are+V-ing    He is playing    I am playing    We are playing N-Sub+is/am/are+not+V-ing    He is not playing    We are not playing I-is/Am/Are+sub+V-ing?    Is he playing?    Are we playing? IN-is/Am/Are+sub+not+V-ing?    Is he not playing?    Are we not playing?	CONTINUOUS P-Sub+was/were+V-ing   I was playing   We were playing N-Sub+was/were+not+V-ing.   I was not playing.   We were not playing I-Was/Were+sub_V-ing?   Was I playing?    Were we playing IN-Was/Were+sub+not+V-ing?   Was I not playing?   Were we not playing?	CONTINUOUS P-Sub+shall be/will be+V-ing.   I shall be playing.   He will be playing. N-Sub+shall/will+not+be+V-ing.   I shall not be playing   He will not be playing I-Shall/Will+sub+be+V-ing?   Shall I be playing?   Will he be playing? IN-Shall/Will+sub+not+be+V-ing?   Shall I not be playing?   Will he not be playing?
PERFECT CONTINUOUS P-Sub+has been/have been+V-ing.   I have been playing.   He has been playing N-Sub+has/have+*not+been+V-ing.   I have not been playing   He has not been playing. I-Has/Have+sub+been+V-ing?   Have I been playing?   Has he been playing? IN-Has/Have+sub+not+been+V-ing?   Have I not been playing?   Has he not been playing?	PERFECT CONTINUOUS P-Sub+had been+V-ing.   I had been playing.   He had been playing. N-Sub+had+not+been+V-ing   I had not been playing.   He had not been playing.   I-Had+sub+been+V-ing?   Had I been playing?   Had he been playing? IN-Had+sub+not+been+V-ing?   Had I not been playing?   Had he not been playing?	PERFECT CONTINUOUS P-Sub+shall have been/will have been+V-ing.   I shall have been playing.   He will have been playing. N-Sub+shall/will+not+have been+V-ing?   I shall not have been playing.   He will not have been playing. I-shall/Will+sub+have been+V-ing?   Shall I have been playing?   Will he have been playing? IN-Shall/Will+sub+not+have been+V-ing?   Shall I not have been playing?   Will he not have been playing?

* If a sentence consists of more than one helping verb,the negative is formed by putting "not" after the first helping verb.

Example: I have not been staying in Chennai since 2005.