Active Voice | Present | Past | Future |
Simple (Indefinite) | + V1 he, she, it V1(s) ? do +V1 ? does+V1 - don’t +V1 - doesn’t +V1 every day, usually, often, always, seldom, hardly ever, occasionally, sometimes | + V2, Ved ? did +V1 - didn’t +V1 yesterday, last week, a year ago, in 1996, the other day When? Where? Why? for a minute or two / for a long time, just now, since (в придаточном) | + shall + infinitive / V1 ? will + V1 - shall + not = shan’t + V1 - will + not = won’t + V1 tomorrow, next summer, in three months, in 2025, some time in the future |
Continuous (Progressive) be +Ving | +/? am+Ving +/? is + Ving are + Ving - am not + Ving - isn’t + Ving - aren’t + Ving now, at the moment Look! Listen! always, constantly (negative habit) | +/? was + Ving +/? were + Ving - wasn”t + Ving - weren’t Ving at … o’clock yesterday, when … while … from 2 to 5, all day long yesterday, the whole day | +/? shall be+Ving +/? will be + Ving - shan’t be + Ving - won’t be + Ving tomorrow, at … o’clock tomorrow, in the future |
Perfect (Resultative Durative) have +V3 | +/? have +V3/Ved +/? He, She, It has+V3 - haven’t + V3 - hasn’t + V3 Resultative just, already, ever, never, lately, recently, today, this week, yet Durative (to be, to have, to know) since, for, always - for ages, for a long time | + had +V3/ Ved ? had+V3 - hadn’t +V3 by … o’clock yesterday, by the summer, by that time, after … , before … , when … Hardly had … V3 when … Scarcely had …V3 when … No sooner had … V3 than (не успели как / едва как) | +/? will have +V3/Ved +/? shall have +V3 - shan’t have V3 - won’t have +V3 by … o’clock tomorrow, by the year 2020, by the end of the week, by the middle of the 21 century, already, when we meet again |
Perfect Continuous have been +Ving | +/? have been +Ving He, She, It has been +Ving - haven’t been +Ving - hasn’t been +Ving for 3 hours, since 1987(в главном), since he came, for a long time, for years, during this month, recently | +/? had been + Ving - had been + Ving for four hours, all evening, about ten minutes | +/? shall have been + Ving +/? will have been +Ving (learn, live, study, work, travel, write, read, listen (to), lie, sit, wait, rain, snow, etc) for three hours (non stop) |