Tenses. Simple Continuous (progressive)

Present
Simple

1. Настоящее простое

2. - Regular action
- Generally known truth

Questions

Do/does

Do you read books every day?

He, she, it

Yes/no Q

Special Q

Does he

Negative sentences

Do/does + not (don’t/doesn’t)

I don’t like smoking people.

She does not

Present Continuous

Настоящее длительное

are

To be + Ving

Now, at this moment

To be

am

is

(he, she, it)

(I)

(you,we,

Questions
Is she swimming now?

Is he

To be + not + Ving

I am not driving a car

Make a sentence

4. you are ? now eating

2. do every

The verbs which are not used in Continuous

To think * To

Present Simple and Present Continuous for the Future

Present Simple
Schedules, timetables in

Present Perfect

1. Настоящее завершенное.
2. Have (has) + V3
3. – completed actions at

…He has done his homework.

Has he done his homework?

Has she called

Have+not=haven’t

I have not done anything wrong.

She hasn’t called me yet.

Negative sentences

Present Perfect Continuous

Настоящее завершенное продолженное
2. Have been+Ving
3. - actions continuing up to the

Sometimes there is a very little difference between the Present Perfect

Questions

Have + subject + been + Ving
Have you been cooking since

Negative sentences

Have + not + been + Ving
It hasn’t been snowing

Past
Simple

1. Прошедшее простое

2. V₂(-ed)

3. - Completed action in the past
-

Questions

Did

Where did you go yesterday?

Did you see her yesterday?

Yes/no Q

Special

Negative sentences

Did + not (didn’t)

I didn’t like the performance.

She didn’t go

Past
Continuous

To be (was/were)+Ving
Действие происходило в конкретный момент прошлого
At that moment, at

Question word + To be + subject + Ving
What were you

To be+not+Ving
I was not playing football yesterday at 5.
They weren’t shopping

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Had+V3
Действие произошло до какого-то события в прошлом.
By the time, after

Questions

(Вопросит. Слово)+Had+подлежащее+V3
Had you finished watching TV before she came home?
Why had

Negative sentences

Had+not+V3
I looked around. She hadn’t touch anything.
She hadn’t seen him

Past Perfect Continous

1. Прошедшее завершенное длительное

3. – Actions continuing up to a moment

Questions

Had+subject+been+Ving

For how long had they already been running when you saw

Negative sentences

Had+not+been+Ving

Sarah looked very bad because she had not been sleeping

Future Simple

Будущее простое
Will+V1
- Future fact
- We take a decision about the

Will + not

Negative sentences

I will not buy new shoes for you.

She

Future Continuous

Будущее продолженное
Will+to be+Ving
Action will be taking place at certain time/period in

Questions

Will+подлеж.+be+Ving
Will she be cooking tomorrow at 4?

Negative sentences

Will+not+be+Ving
I will not be doing my homework at 7.

Future Perfect

Будущее завершенное
Will+have+V3
The action will have been finished by a certain time

Will+подлеж.+have+V3
Will you have done your homework by 5 tomorrow?

Questions

Will+not+have+V3
He will not have his homework done by 6 tomorrow.

Negative sentences

Future Perfect Continuous

Будущее завершенное длительное.
2. Will+have+been+Ving
3. The action in progress up to a

Will+subject+have+been+Ving
I heard you were going to retire soon. For how many