Friday, January 16, 2015

patterns of Tenses

 16 Tenses in English1. PRESENT TENSE
a. Simple Present Tense
Pattern :(Verbal ) S + V1 + O
(Nominal) S + be (is/am/are) + O

b. Present Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + be (is/am/are) + Ving + O        
(Nominal) S + be (is/am/are) + being + O  

c. Present Perfect Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + has/have + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + has/have + been + O

d. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + has/have + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + has/have + been + being + O

2. PAST TENSE
a. Simple Past Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + V2 + O
(Nominal) S + be (was/were) + O

b. Past Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + be (was/were) + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + be (was/were) + being + O

c. Past Perfect Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + had + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + had + been + O

d. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + had + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + had + been + being + O

3. FUTURE TENSE
a. Simple Future Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + V1 + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + O

b. Future Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + being + O

c. Future Perfect Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + O

d. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + being + O


4. PAST FUTURE TENSE
a. Past Future Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + would + V1 + O
(Nominal) S + would + be + O

b. Past Future Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + would + be + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + would + be + being + O

c. Past Future Perfect Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + would + have + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + would + have + been + O

d. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Pattern :(Verbal) S + would + have + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + would + have + been + being + O