THE ENGLISH TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Afirmativ:
S+am/are/is+vb- ing
e.g. I am trying to finish my
letter.
He is trying to eat all that
- adugm s la pers. a III-a
icecream.
sg. La forma verbului
e.g. I work hard all week long. They are trying to win the
championship.
He works hard all week
Negativ:
long.
S+am/are/is+not+vb-ing
e.g. I am not trying to finish
my letter.
Interogativ:
Am/are/is+S+vb-ing
e.g. Is he trying to eat all that
icecream?

PAST SIMPLE
- la verbele regulate adaugam
ed pt a forma Past Tense
e.g. He called me yesterday
night.

PAST PERFECT
Afirmativ:
S+was/were+vb-ing
e.g. Mary was going to meet
her cousin.
We were watching the show
when the phone rang.

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

Afirmativ:
S+have/has+Past Participle
e.g. My friends have bought
that new car.
Jane has seen the movie twice.
Negativ:
S+have/has+not+Past
Participle
e.g. My friends have not
(havent)bought that new car.
Interogativ:
Have/has+S+Past Participle
e.g. Have you seen that new
movie?

Afirmativ:
S+have/has+been+vb-ing
e.g. We have been trying to
call you all morning.
Tom has been studying since
I left.
Negativ:
S+have/has+not+been+vbing
e.g. Tom has not been
studying since I left.
Interogativ:
Have/has+S+been+vb-ing
e.g. Have you been trying to
call him?

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

Afirmativ:
S+had+Past Participle
e.g. He had finished his
chores when I got home.

Afirmativ:
S+had+been+vb-ing
e.g. I had been waiting for a
long time before he came.

- n cazul verbelor neregulate,

forma de Past Tense o gsim
n lista verbelor neregulate
(forma a II-a)
e.g. They came to see her
perform.

FUTURE SIMPLE

Will+Bare Infinitive
e.g. I will try to do better next
time.

Negativ:
S+was/were+not+vb-ing
e.g. Mary was not going to
meet her cousin.
Interogativ:
Was/were+not+S+vb-ing
e.g. Wasnt he watching TV
when the phone rang?

Negativ:
S+had+not+Past Participle
e.g. He had not finished
his chores when I got
home.
Interogativ:
Had+S+Past Participle
e.g. Had he tried to explain
his behaviour?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PERFECT

Afirmativ:
S+will be+Present Participle
(ing)
e.g. This time next month I will
be working in Rome.
Negativ:
S+will+not+be+Present
Participle
This time next month I will not
be working here anymore.
Interogativ:
Will+S+be+Present Participle
e.g. Will you be having dinner
in your room?

Afirmativ:
S+will have+Past Participle
e.g. I will have finished my
novel by the end of the year.
Negativ:
S+will+not+have+Past
Participle
e.g. I will not have finished my
novel until the end of the year.
Interogativ:
Will+S+have+Past Participle
e.g. Will you have tried that if I
asked you to?

Negativ:
S+had+not+been+vb-ing
e.g. He had not been
listening to our conversation.
Interogativ:
Had+S+been+vb-ing
Had he been doing what you
said?

FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
Afirmativ:
S+will have been+vb-ing
e.g. By the end of July,
George will have been
studying in England for two
years.