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Charts of Tenses:
The Positive Forms with Pronouns:
| Tense | Pronoun | Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | Object |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | I | do | am doing | have done | have been doing | my work |
| We | do | are doing | have done | have been doing | our work | |
| You | do | are doing | have done | have been doing | your work | |
| He (She or It) | does | is doing | has done | has been doing | his (her or its) work | |
| They | do | are doing | have done | have been doing | their work | |
| Past | I | did | was doing | had done | had been doing | my work |
| We | did | were doing | had done | had been doing | our work | |
| You | did | were doing | had done | had been doing | your work | |
| He (She or It) | did | was doing | had done | had been doing | his (her or its) work | |
| They | did | were doing | had done | had been doing | their work | |
| Future | I | shall do | shall be doing | shall have done | shall have been doing | my work |
| We | shall do | shall be doing | shall have done | shall have been doing | our work | |
| You | will do | will be doing | will have done | will have been doing | your work | |
| He (She or It) | will do | will be doing | will have done | will have been doing | his (her or its) work | |
| They | will do | will be doing | will have done | will have been doing | their work |
The Negative Form:
| Tense | Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | I do not work. | I am not working. | I have not worked. | I have not been working. |
| You (We or They) do not work. | You (We or They) are not working. | You (We or They) have not worked. | You (We or They) have not been working. | |
| He (She or It) did not work. | He (She or It) is not working. | He (She or It) has not worked. | He (She or It) has not been working. | |
| Past | I did not work. | I was not working. | I had not worked. | I had not been working. |
| You (We or They) did not work. | You (We or They) were not working. | You (We or They) had not worked. | You (We or They) had not been working. | |
| He (She or It) did not work. | He (She or It) was not working. | He (She or It) had not worked. | He (She or It) had not been working. | |
| Future | I shall not work. | I shall not be working. | I shall have not worked. | I shall have not been working. |
| You (We or They) will not work. | You (We or They) will not be working. | You (We or They) will have not worked. | You (We or They) will have not been working. | |
| He (She or It) will not work. | He (She or It) will not be working. | He (She or It) will have not worked. | He (She or It) will have not been working. |
The Interrogative Forms:
| Tense | Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Do I (we, you or they) work? | Am I working? | Have I (we, you, or they) worked? | Have I (we, you or they) been working? |
| Are we (they, or you) working? | ||||
| Does he (she or it) work? | Is he (she or it) working? | Has he (she or it) worked? | Has he (she or it) been working? | |
| Past | Did I (we, you, he, she, it or they) work? | Was I working? | Had I (we, you, he, she, it or they) worked? | Had I (we, you, he, she, it or they) been working? |
| Were (we, you or they) working? | ||||
| Was he (she or it) working? | ||||
| Future | Shall I (we) work? | Shall I (we) be working? | Shall I (we) have worked? | Shall I (we) have been working? |
| Will you (he, she, it or they) work? | Will you (he, she, it or they) be working? | Will you (he, she, it or they) have worked? | Will you (he, she, it or they) have been working? |
