Dear Students,

It’s very difficult to improve your English without a good knowledge of the English verb tenses. It’s shocking that after having studied them for so many years, they are still so difficult to know and use them properly. I think you should study better and more. However, I am going to provide an outline to help you revise this topic. I hope I can be of some help.

Present Simple

They are at home

They aren’t at home

Are they at home? Yes they are/No they aren’t

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They have got a new house

They haven’t got a new house

Have they got a new house? Yes they have/No they haven’t

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They study English

They don’t study English

Do they study English? Yes they do/ No they don’t

Present continuous

I am studying English

I am not studying English

Am I studying English? Yes I am/ No I am not

Past Continuous

I was studying English

I was not studying English

Was I studying English? Yes I was/ No I wasn’t

Past Simple

I studied English

I didn’t study English

Did I study English? Yes I did/ No I didn’t

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I went to England

I didn’t go to England

Did I go to England? Yes I did/ No I didn’t

Present Perfect Simple

I have studied English

I haven’t studied English

Have I studied English? Yes I have/ No I haven’t

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been studying English

I have not been studying English

Have I been studying English? Yes I have/ No I haven’t

Past Perfect Simple

I had studied English

I had not studied English

Had I studied English? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been studying English

I had not been studying English

Had I been studying English? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

Simple Conditional

I would study English

I wouldn’t study English

Would I study English? Yes I would/ No I wouldn’t

Perfect Conditional

I would have studied

I wouldn’t have studied

Would I have studied? Yes I would/ No I wouldn’t

Future (will)

I will study English

I won’t study English

Will I study English? Yes I will/ No I won’t

Future (to be going to)

I am going to study English

I am not going to study English

Am I going to study English? Yes I am/ No I am not

Future (present continuous)

I am studying English next summer

I am not studying English next summer

Am I studying English next summer? Yes I am/ No I am not

Future Perfect

I will have studied English

I won’t have studied English

Will I have studied English? Yes I will/ No I won’t 

Future continuous

I will be studying English

I won’t be studying English

Will I be studying English? Yes I will/ No I won’t 

This article is not finished yet!! I’ll add new things such as translations or other tenses in the future. Feel free to leave a comment if you want something to appear in here.