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The progressive family includes the present progressive (am, are, or is eating), past progressive (was or were eating), future progressive (will or shall be eating), and the conditional progressive (could, would, must, might, may, or can be running).

How do you use the personal pronoun I to write twelve tenses in simple declarative sentences?

How do you use an interrogative pronoun to write twelve tenses in simple interrogative sentences?

What is tense?
What is the difference between past tense, present tense, and future tense?
What are the types of past, present, and future tense?
Can you give examples of past, present, and future tense?

Present Perfect Simple Tense

Exercise on Present Perfect Simple

How do you make a present perfect simple tense beginning with the pronoun I in a simple declarative sentence?
I have a question.
What is the tense of this sentence?
How do you make a present perfect simple tense having the pronoun I in a simple question?

How do you write a declarative sentences using the first person I, me, my, we, our?

How do you write a declarative sentences using the second person you and your?

How do you write a declarative sentences using the third person he, she, it, they, their, his, hers, him, her?

What should you include next to an interrogative pronoun to make it an interrogative sentence?

What is Tense?
How do we make the tense?
When and why do we use the tense?

Present tense.
It is a group of different sentences.
What are different types of present tenses?
How do you write a "present perfect tense" question?
How do you write a "simple past tense" question?
What types of tenses are used most commonly in newspapers?
What types of tenses are used most commonly in spoken language and letters?
What types of tenses are used most commonly to write a book?

Simple Present Tense

How do we make the Simple Present Tense?
How do we use the Simple Present Tense?
How do you write a "simple present tense" question?
Which is correct, "Simple Present Tense", "Present Simple Tense" or "both"?
Do you follow present simple tense terminology or simple present tense?
What are the types of present simple tense sentences?
What are the types of present simple tense sentences you follow?

Word Order in Positive Sentences
Word Order in Negative Sentences
Word Order in Subordinate Clauses
Position of Time Expressions
Position of Adverbs
Word Order in Questions

1. Present Simple Tense - To Be - am are is
There is/There are

2. Present Simple Tense - To Be - Negative
'm not aren't isn't

3. Present Simple Tense - To Be - Questions - Am Are Is
Am I correct?

4. Present Simple Tense - To Have
have or has

5. Present Simple Tense - main verb
verb (+ s/es for third person)

6. Present Simple Tense - Questions (Do/Does)

7. Present Simple Tense - "Wh" Questions - Where When Who What How Which

8. Present Tense - Short Answers

9. Present Tense - Don't or Doesn't

10. Present Simple 'Be' Wh Questions

Present Perfect Tense - For and Since
For present perfect, add have plus the past participle:
I have _____________ many times before.
has/have + past participle

Present Continuous Tense
am/is/are + present participle

Present Perfect Continuous Tense
I have been doing
has/have been + present participle

Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
I did do, I did
Simple Past Tense - Questions

past form only
or
auxiliary did + base form
verb + d/ed/t (except for irregular verbs)
Positive sentences
Negatives sentences
Questions
1) Questions without question words in the Simple Past
2) Questions with question words in the Simple Past

Past Continuous Tense
I was doing
was/were + present participle

Past Perfect Tense
For past perfect, add had plus the past participle:
I had ___________ many times before.
I had done
had + past participle

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
I had been doing
had been + present participle

Future Tense

Simple Future Tense
I will do
will + verb
am/is/are going to + verb

Future Continuous Tense
I will be doing
will be + present participle
am/is/are going to be + present participle

Future Perfect Tense
For future perfect, add will have plus the past participle:
By Friday, I will have ___________ many times.
I will have done
will have + past participle
am/is/are going to have + past participle

Future Perfect Continuous Tense
I will have been doing
will have been + present participle
am/is/are going to have been + present participle

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		past	present	future
SIMPLE do + base verb (except future: will + base verb)	+	I did work I worked	I do work I work	I will work
	-	I did not work	I do not work	I will not work
	?	Did I work?	Do I work?	Will I work?
SIMPLE PERFECT have + past participle	+	I had worked	I have worked	I will have worked
	-	I had not worked	I have not worked	I will not have worked
	?	Had I worked?	Have I worked?	Will I have worked?
CONTINUOUS be + ing	+	I was working	I am working	I will be working
	-	I was not working	I am not working	I will not be working
	?	Was I working?	Am I working?	Will I be working?
CONTINUOUS PERFECT have been + ing	+	I had been working	I have been working	I will have been working
	-	I had not been working	I have not been working	I will not have been working
	?	Had I been working?	Have I been working?	Will I have been working?

Present Simple	I want a coffee. I leave tomorrow. She likes coffee.
Present Continuous	I am having dinner. I am taking my exam next month. They are living in _______.
Present Perfect Simple	I have seen ET. I have finished.
Present Perfect Continuous	I have been playing tennis. We have been working for four hours.
Past Simple	I finished one hour ago. If she loved you now, she would marry you. If you came tomorrow, you would see her.
Past Continuous	I was working at 2am this morning.
Past Perfect Simple	I had not eaten for 24 hours.
Past Perfect Continuous	We had been working for 3 hours. If I had been working now, I would have missed you. If I had been working tomorrow, I could not have agreed.
Future Simple	Hold on. I'll do it now. I'll see you tomorrow.
Future Continuous	I will be working at 9pm tonight.
Future Perfect Simple	I will have finished by 9pm tonight. We will have been __________ for ten years next month.
Future Perfect Continuous	They may be tired when you arrive because they will have been working. In 30 minutes, we will have been working for four hours.

Going to

Going to is not a tense. It is a special expression to talk about the future.

Structure of Going to

The structure is:

subject + be + going + infinitive

The verb be is conjugated (past, present or future).

	subject	be	(not)	going	infinitive
+	I	am		going	to buy	a new car.
+	I'm			going	to go	swimming.
-	He	is	not	going	to take	the exam.
-	It	isn't		going	to rain.
?	Are	you		going	to paint	the house?

Use of Going to

Going to - intention

We use going to when we have the intention to do something before we speak. We have already made a decision before speaking. Look at these examples:

Jo has won the __________. He says he's going to __________ a __________.
We're not going to paint our bedroom tomorrow.
When are you going to go on holiday?

In these examples, we had an intention or plan before speaking. The decision was made before speaking.

Going to - prediction

We often use going to to make a prediction about the future. Our prediction is based on present evidence. We are saying what we think will happen. Here are some examples:

The sky is very black. It's going to snow.
It's 8.30! You're going to miss the train!
I crashed the company car. My _______ isn't going to be very happy!

In these examples, the present situation (black sky, the time, damaged car) gives us a good idea of what is going to happen.