Simple Tenses

Tense

Subject

Auxiliary

Verb

Complement

Simple Present

He

walks

everyday.

Simple Present

He

doesn’t

walk

everyday.

Simple Present

They

watch

TV in the afternoon.

Simple Present

They

don’t

watch

TV in the afternoon.

Simple Past

She

went

to the movies last night.

Simple Past

She

didn’t

go

to the movies last night.

Future “going to”

We

are

going

to eat dinner at home.

Future “going to”

We

aren’t

going

to eat dinner at home.

Simple Future

My brother

will

take

his car to the mechanic.

Simple Future

My brother

won‘t

take

his car to the mechanic.

Auxiliary Modal

Jim

can

swim

very fast.

Auxiliary Modal

Jim

can‘t

swim

very fast.

Auxiliary Modal

You

should

eat

healthy food.

Auxiliary Modal

You

shouldn‘t

eat

a lot of candy.

Auxiliary Modal

They

would

write

a letter to their friends.

Auxiliary Modal

They

wouldn’t

write

a letter to their friends.

Auxiliary Modal

Peter

must

bring

the book back.

Auxiliary Modal

Peter

mustn‘t

bring

the book back.

Auxiliary Modal

Gina

could

swim

in the pool.

Auxiliary Modal

Gina

couldn‘t

swim

In the pool.

Auxiliary Modal

I

might

stay

for the holidays.

Auxiliary Modal

I

might not

stay

for the holidays.

Present Progressive

She

is

driving

her car.

Present Progressive

She

isn‘t

driving

her car.

Past Progressive

He

was

dancing

at the ball.

Past Progressive

He

wasn’t

dancing

at the ball.

Present Perfect

They

have

seen

the movie.

Present Perfect

They

haven‘t

Seen

the movie.

Past Perfect

We

had

cleaned

the room.

Past Perfect

We

hadn‘t

cleaned

the room.

Tense

Subject

Auxiliary

Verb

Complement

Auxiliary

Verb

Future Perfect

I

will

have

made

my promise.

Future Perfect

I

won‘t

have

made

My promise

Present Perfect Progressive

She

has

been

working

for the last 3 days.

Present Perfect Progressive

She

hasn’t

been

working

for the last 3 days.

Past Perfect Progressive

Bobby

had

been

helping

them.

Past Perfect Progressive

Bobby

hadn’t

been

helping

them.

Conditional “should”

It

should

have

been

better.

Conditional “should”

It

shouldn’t

have

been

better.

Conditional “could”

They

could

have

got

lost.

Conditional “could”

They

couldn’t

have

got

lost.

Conditional “would”

We

would

have

called

the police.

Conditional “would”

We

wouldn’t

have

called

the police.

Conditional “must”

That

must

have

sounded

terrible.

Conditional “must”

That

mustn’t

have

sounded

terrible.

Conditional “might”

We

might

have

stayed

longer.

Conditional “might”

We

might not

have

stayed

longer.