Tense Example Simple Present I play basketball every week. Present Progressive I’m playing basketball now. Simple Past I played basketball yesterday. Past Progressive I was playing basketball the whole evening. Present Perfect I have just played basketball.

Present Perfect Progressive I have been playing basketball for 3 hours. Past Perfect I had played basketball before mary came. Past Perfect Progressive I had been playing basketball when Mary came.

English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic Basic English Grammar – 12 Tenses This small booklet contains English 12 tenses with basic explanations. It is for the students who want to build their basic grammar to continue higher levels like the passive and the reported speech.

Future – will I will play basketball next week. Future – going to I’m going to play basketball this afternoon. Future Progressive I will be playing basketball next Sunday. Future Perfect I will have played basketball by tomorrow.

Conditional Simple I would play basketball. Conditional Progressive I would be playing basketball. Conditional Perfect I would have played basketball.

Conditional Perfect Progressive I would have been playing basketball.

English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic Basic English Grammar – 12 English Tenses B Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (1 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic © Cali Nabadoon 2018 No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission from the copyright owner, Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the copyright owner on the address below. You must not circulate this book in any other biding or cover and you must impose this same on any acquirer. It is import to learn and memorize 12 Tenses Dear students it is important to learn in detail and memorize 12 tenses as they are the foundation of many other topics to come.

You are going to learn these grammar topics in secondary school (the passive, reported speech, conditionals and so on). All these topics relate 12 tenses.

That is why I have prepared this booklet and recorded its explanations, insha allah I hope it is benefit to many students. Important Grammar Terms  Grammar means putting the right words to the position  Subject is the person or thing doing the action.

(He, she, it, they, we, you, I)  Verb is a word which tells us what is being done. (Go, sleep, play, drink, watch, give)  Object is the person or thing receiving the action. Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (2 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic There are 12 tenses in English which are important in grammar. Let us understand these four parts in each of these 12 tenses.  Formula  Usage  Example  Question and negatives Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (3 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic 1- SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Form: subject + verb + object Usage: simple present is used for an action which happens every day. He She It + es/s O, X, CH, SH, SS Examples 1. She washes the cloths every week.

He eats maize every night. They play foot ball in the afternoon. Questions and Negatives He they She does we It do you I Examples 1.

Q: Does she wash the cloths every week? N: she does not wash the cloths every week. Q: does he eat maize every night?

N: he does not eat maize every night. Q: Do they play foot ball in the afternoon? N: they do not play football in the afternoon. Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (4 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic Exercise Make these sentences question and negative 1. Ahmed goes to school every day.

We watch the television every night. Q: N: 2- PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Form: subject + is/are/am + verb + ing + object Usage: present continuous is used for an action which is happening at the moment. He they She + is we + are I + am It you Examples 1. She is washing the cloths now.

They are playing football at the moment. I am eating maize now. Questions and negatives 1. Q: is she washing the cloths now?

N: she is not washing the cloths now. Q: Are they playing football at the moment? N: they are not playing football at the moment. Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (5 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic 3. Q: Am I eating maize now? N: I am not eating maize now.

Exercise Make these sentences question and negative 1. Ahmed is going to school at the moment. We are watching television now. Q: N: 3- PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Form: subject + have/has + verb (past participle) + object Usage: present perfect tense is used for an action which have just completed.

He they She + has we It you + have I Examples 1. She has washed the cloths. They have played football. Prepared by Cali Nabadoon Email: Mobile: 0 (6 ) English Grammar – 12 Tense in Basic Questions and negatives 1. Q: has she washed the cloths? N: she has not washed the clothes. Q: Have they played football?