Verb Tenses

Present

 

Past

Name

Form

Key Words

 

Name

Form

Key Words

Simple

---V---

Inf. (مصدر)

---V---(s)

He , She, It

 (المفرد)

always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, scarcely, seldom, never, everyday, every.............

 

Simple

---V---(ed)

انتبه: الأفعال الشاذة لا تقبل ed و انما تغير شكلها.

(see Irregular Verbs Table)

Yesterday, ago, in the past,  those days,    in 1998,      last week, last.....

Continuous

am

  is      ---V---ing

are

now, nowadays, at present, still, at the moment, these days,  Look!   Listen!   Watch out! Look out! (tomorrow, next....)

 

Continuous

Was

           ---V---ing

were       

while

when

as

as soon as

Perfect

has

              ---V---

                (PP)

have         

just,  already, ever, yet,

since

for

 

Perfect

had   ---V---

          (PP)

after

before

when

Perfect Continuous

has

       been--V---ing

have

since

for

all.....

 

Perfect Continuous

had been --V--ing

تستخدم هذه الصيغة غالبا عند التحويل الى الكلام المنقول.

 

The Future Tense

Will     ---V---

                        Inf. (مصدر)

tomorrow, in the future, tonight, soon, in 2009,

this week, this...........

next month, next........

in a week, in a..........

Remember

         am

         is      ---V---ing

        are

        am

        is      going to      ---V---

        are                  Inf. (مصدر)