Tense Aspect Forms of the English Verb

Aspect Tense	Indefinite	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Present	the Present Indefinite e.g. He works hard every day.	the Present Continuous e.g. He is working hard now.	the Present Perfect e.g. He has worked hard recently.	the Present Perfect Continuous e.g. He has been working hard for two months already.
Past	the Past Indefinite e.g. He worked hard yesterday.	the Past Continuous e.g. He was working hard yesterday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	the Past Perfect e.g. He had worked hard before his mum came home.	the Past Perfect Continuous e.g. He had been working hard for eight hours before his mum came home.
Future	the Future Indefinite e.g. He promises he’ ll work hard.	the Future Continuous e.g. He’ ll be working hard tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	the Future Perfect e.g. He’ ll have worked  hard by the time his mum comes home.	the Future Perfect Continuous e.g. He ’ ll hav e been working hard   for eight hours by the time his mum comes home.
Future-in-the-past	the Future Indefinite-in-the-past e.g. He promised he would work hard.	the Future Continuous-in-the-past e.g. He said he would be working hard the next day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	the Future Perfect-in-the-past e.g. He said proudly he would have worked hard by the time his mum came home.	the Future Perfect Continuous-in-the-past e.g. He said he would have been working hard for eight hours by the time his mum came home.

 

                                                                                                                                            

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Summary table on the Formation of the Present Tense Aspect Forms

Active Voice

Type of the Sentence	the Present Indefinite	the Present Continuous	the Present Perfect	the Present Perfect Continuous
Affirmative (+)	I ask   You ask     He, she asks We ask    You ask They ask	I am (I’m) asking You are (you’re) asking      He, she is (he/she’s) asking We are (we’re) asking    You are (you’re) asking   They are (they’re) asking	I have (I’ve) asked, done You have (you’ve) asked, done He, she has (he/she’s) asked, done We have (we’ve) asked, done You have (you’ve) asked, done They have (they’ve) asked, done	I have (I’ve) been asking   You have (you’ve) been asking He, she has (he/she’s) been asking   We have (we’ve) been asking   You have (you’ve) been asking   They have (they’ve) been asking
Interrogative (?)	Do I ask? Do you ask?         Does he, she ask? Do we ask? Do you ask? Do they ask?	Am I asking? Are you asking?   Is he, she asking? Are we asking? Are you asking? Are they asking?	Have I asked, done? Have you asked, done?   Has he, she asked, done? Have we asked, done? Have you asked, done? Have they asked, done?	Have I been asking? Have you been asking?     Has he, she been asking? Have we been asking?  Have you been asking? Have they been asking?
Negative (-)	I do not (don’t) ask   You do not (don’t) ask   He, she does not (doesn’t) ask   We do not (don’t) ask   You do not (don’t) ask   They do not (don’t) ask	I am not (I’m not) asking You are not (aren’t) asking He, she is not (isn’t) asking   We are not (aren’t) asking   You are not (aren’t) asking They are not (aren’t) asking	I have not (haven’t) asked, done You have not (haven’t) asked, done   He, she has not (hasn’t) asked, done   We have not (haven’t) asked, done   You have not (haven’t)asked, done   They have not (haven’t)asked, done	I have not (haven’t) been asking You have not (haven’t) been asking   He, she has not (hasn’t) been asking We have not (haven’t) been asking You have not (haven’t) been asking They havenot (haven’t) been asking
Emphatic	I do ask            You do ask    He, she does ask            We do ask            You do ask            They do ask	___________	_____________	_____________

 

                                                                                                                                                                             

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