TENSE FORMAT

Present Subject + V1 (s/es) + … I go to Carnival every week.

(Daily Routine) He goes to Carnival every week.
Simple
Past Subject + V2 + … I went to Carnival yesterday.
(Past activity / History)
Future Subject + will/shall + V1 + … I will go to Carnival with you
tomorrow.
(Basic Future Planning)
Present Sub + am/is/are + V-ing … I'm watching a film right now.
(currently busy in doing something)
Continuous
Past Sub + was/were + V-ing … I was watching a film last night.
(busy in doing something in past) They were playing tennis last night.
Future Sub + shall/will be + V-ing … I will be working here till 2029.
(busy in doing something in future)
Present Sub + have/has + V3 … I have completed my task.
(Confirmation) He has completed his task.

By the time I arrived Carnival,

Past Perfect Sub + had + V3 …
the film had already begun.
(to re-confirm something done in
past)

I will have finished watching all

Future Sub + shall/will have + V3 … (Over
seasons of Game of Thrones
Confidence / Ego) by next month.

Sub + have/has been + V’ing I have been sitting outside

Present
(from last 10 years / since since morning.
2009 )

I had been waiting in the

Perfect
Past Sub + had been + V’ing (from last 10 queue from last 20 minutes,
Continuous years / since 2009 ) before we were told to go
home.

Sub + shall/will + have been When I graduate, I will have

Future
+ V’ing (for 3 years / till been studying philosophy for
2030) 3 years.

Future with I am going to visit my

Sub + am/are/is + going to +
"going to" parents next weekend.
(activity)…. (just about to do)

Sub + V2 (used to) + (activity)..

Simple Past with I used to play video-games
(Previous daily life / routine)
“Used to” during my childhood.
Present আমি বাাংলা শেখাই। मैं ह द
िं ी सिखाता िं ।

Past Simple আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়েমিলাি। मैंने ह द

िं ी सिखाया था।

Future আমি বাাংলা মেখাযবা। मैं ह द

िं ी सिखाऊिंगा।

Present আমি বাাংলা শেখামি। मैं ह द

िं ी सिखा र ा िं ।

Past Continuous আমি বাাংলা শেখামিলাি। मैं ह द

िं ी सिखा र ा था।

Future আমি বাাংলা শেখাযে থাকযবা। मैं ह द

िं ी िीखाता र िं गा।

Present আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়েমি। मैं ह द

िं ी सिखा चुका िं ।

Past मैं ह द
िं ी सिखा चक
ु ा था।
আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়ে মিয়েমিলাি।
Perfect

Future मैं ह द
िं ी सिखा दिं गा।
আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়ে শিযবা।

Present আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়ে मैं ह द

िं ी सिखाए जा र ा िं ।
চযলমি।

Perfect मैं ह द
िं ी सिखाए जा र ा था।
Past আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়ে চযলমিলাি।
Continuous

Future আমি বাাংলা মেমখয়ে मैं ह द

िं ी सिखाता जाऊिंगा।
যাব।

Future with मैं ह द

िं ी सिखाने वाला िं ।
"going to" আমি বাাংলা শেখাযে চযলমি।

Simple Past with আমি বাাংলা শেখাোি। मैं ह द

िं ी सिखाता था।
“Used to”
 TENSE POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
Present Simple Subject + Verb (+ S ) Subject + Do / Does + Not + (Question Word +) Do / Does +
I eat. Verb Subject + Verb?
She eats toast. I don’t eat toast. Do you take breakfast every day?
She doesn’t eat fish. When does she take lunch?
Present Simple With ‘Be’ Subject + Am / Is / Are Subject + Am / Is / Are + Not (Question Word +) Am / Is / Are +
I am hungry. I’m not hungry. Subject…?
She is in a cafe. She isn’t happy. Is he at home?
Why are you hungry?
Present Continuous Subject + Am / Is / Are + Subject + Am / Is / Are + Not (Question Word +) Am / Is / Are +
Verb-Ing + Verb-Ing Subject + Verb-Ing?
She’s eating toast. He isn’t eating. When are they eating?
They are taking lunch now. We are not eating at home. Is he eating now?
Present Perfect Subject + Have / Has + Past Subject + Have / Has + Not + (Question Word +) Have / Has +
Participle Past Participle Subject + Past Participle?
I’ve taken breakfast. We haven’t eaten yet. What have you eaten today?
He has taken lunch. She hasn’t eaten the Has she taken her lunch?
chocolate.
Present Perfect Continuous Subject + Have / Has + Been Subject + Have / Has + Not + (Question Word +) Have / Has +
+ Verb-Ing Been + Verb-Ing Subject + Been + Verb-Ing?
I’ve been eating. They haven’t been eating. What has she been eating?
She’s been eating biscuits all He has not been eating toast. Have they been eating breakfast?
day.

Past Simple Subject + Past Simple (Verb Subject + Did + Not + Verb (Question Word +) Did + Subject +
+Ed) She didn’t eat anything. Verb?
I ate an apple. They did not take breakfast. Did you eat the chocolate?
She ate some rice. What did they take for lunch?
Past Simple With ‘Be’ Subject + Was / Were Subject + Was / Were + Not (Question Word +) Was / Were +
I was hungry. We weren’t hungry. Subject…?
They were in a restaurant. She wasn’t at home. Why was she hungry?
Were you hungry?
Past Continuous Subject + Was / Were + Subject + Was / Were + Not + (Question Word +) Was / Were +
Verb-Ing Verb-Ing Subject + Verb-Ing?
I was eating. You weren’t eating. Where were you eating?
They were taking lunch. She wasn’t eating a sandwich. Was she eating an apple?
Past Perfect Subject + Had + Past Subject + Had + Not + Past (Question Word +) Had + Subject +
Participle Participle Past Participle
I had eaten. We hadn’t eaten. Why had you eaten?
She had taken her lunch. He had not eaten an apple. Had they eaten fish before?
Past Perfect Continuous Subject + Had + Been + Subject + Had + Not + Been (Question Word +) Had + Subject +
Verb-Ing + Verb-Ing Been + Verb-Ing?
I had been eating chocolate I hadn’t been eating. Why had he been eating?
all day. She hadn’t been eating an Had they been eating enough fruit?
She’d been taking breakfast. apple.

Future Simple Subject + Will + Verb Subject + Will + Not + Verb (Question Word +) Will + Subject +
I will eat later. We won’t eat anything Verb?
She will eat at home. tonight. What will you take for lunch?
He will not eat fish. Will she eat meat?
Future Continuous Subject + Will + Be + Verb- Subject + Will + Not + Be + (Question Word +) Will + Subject +
Ing Verb-Ing Be + Verb-Ing?
I will be eating at 8pm. They won’t be eating. What will you be eating?
She will be eating a sandwich. He will not be eating Will they be eating at 6pm?
anything.
Future Perfect Subject + Will + Have + Past Subject + Will + Not + Have (Question Word +) Will + Subject +
Participle + Past Participle Have + Past Participle?
I will have taken lunch by 3 He won’t have taken lunch yet. When will you have eaten?
o’clock. They will not have eaten their Will she have taken dinner by nine?
She’ll have eaten all the sandwiches.
chocolate.
Future Perfect Continuous Subject + Will + Have + Been Subject + Will + Not + Have (Question Word +) Will + Subject +
+ Verb-Ing + Been + Verb-Ing Have + Been + Verb-Ing?
They will have been eating I won’t have been eating fish. What will she have been eating?
fruit. They will not have been Will you have been eating chocolate?
We’ll have been eating all taking lunch.
day.