Verb tenses. Active voice

To be

To have

Оборот there is / are

The Present Indefinite Tense

I am not

He, she, it is /isn’t

You, we, they are / aren’t

I, you, we, they have / haven’t

He, she, it has / hasn’t

There is / isn’t

There are / aren’t

The Past Indefinite Tense

I, he, she, it wasn’t

You, we, they weren’t

Had / hadn’t

There was / wasn’t

There were / weren’t

The Future Indefinite Tense

I, we shall / shan’t be

You, he, she, it, they will / won’t be

I, we shall have / shan’t have

You, he, she, it, they will have

There will / won’t be

Tense

Present

Past

Future

Future-in-the-past

Для выражения какого действия употребляется

Simple

write

writes

do, does

don’t, doesn’t

usually, sometimes, every day, often

wrote

did

didn’t

yesterday, last year, 3 years ago

shall write

will write

shan’t

won’t

tomorrow, next month, in 3 years

should write

would write

shouldn’t

wouldn’t

the other day

Обычное, повторяемое действие, констатация факта

Continuous

am writing

is writing

are writing

am not

isn’t

aren’t

now, at present

was writing

were writing

wasn’t

weren’t

yesterday from 5 till 6, while

shall be writing

will be writing

shan’t

won’t

tomorrow from 5 till 6, while

should be writing

would be writing

shouldn’t

wouldn’t

at that time

Действие, которое происходит в определенный момент, в ближайшем будущем

Perfect

have written

has written

haven’t

hasn’t

just, yet, already, never, since, recently

had written

hadn’t

by 3 o’clock yesterday,

before

shall have written

will have written

shan’t / won’t

by tomorrow, before, until, till

should have written

would have written

shouldn’t

wouldn’t

by that time

Действие, законченное до определенного момента

Perfect Continuous

have been working

has been working

haven’t

hasn’t

for, since

had been working

hadn’t

for, since

shall have been working

will have been working

shan’t / won’t

by next day for two hours

should have been working

would have been working

shouldn’t

wouldn’t

for 3 hours by eleven

Указывает на то, как долго длится действие, начатое некоторое время назад