1. ENGLISH TENSES IN ACTIVE VOICE
SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT
+ I/we/you/they drink
coffee.
He/she/it drinkS coffee.
- I/we/you/they do not
(don’t) drink coffee.
He/she/it does not
(doesn’t) drink coffee.
? Do you drink coffee?
Does he drink coffee?
+ I am drinking coffee.
He/she/it is drinking coffee.
We/you/they are drinking
coffee.
- I’m not drinking coffee.
She’s not drinking coffee.
They’re not drinking coffee.
? Am I drinking coffee?
Is she drinking coffee?
Are you drinking coffee?
+ I/we/you/they have drunk
(III pf) coffee.
He/she/it has drunk coffee.
- I/we/you/they have not
(haven’t) drunk coffee.
He/she/it has not (hasn’t)
drunk coffee.
? Have you drunk coffee?
Has he drunk coffee?
+ I/we/you/they have been
drinking coffee.
He/she/it has been drinking
coffee.
- I/we/you/they have not
(haven’t) been drinking coffee.
He/she/it has not (hasn’t)
been drinking coffee.
? Have you been drinking coffee?
Has he been drinking coffee?
PAST
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
drank (II pf) coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
did not (didn’t) drink
coffee.
? Did you drink coffee?
+ I/he/she/it was drinking
coffee.
We/you/they were drinking
coffee.
- I/he/she/it was not (wasn’t)
drinking coffee.
We/you/they were not
(weren’t) drinking coffee.
? Was she drinking coffee?
Were you drinking coffee?
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they had
drunk (III pf) coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
had not (hadn’t) drunk
coffee.
? Had you drunk coffee?
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
had been drinking coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
had not (hadn’t) been drinking
coffee.
? Had you been drinking coffee?
FUTURE
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will drink coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will not (won’t) drink
coffee.
? Will you drink coffee?
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will be drinking coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will not (won’t) be drinking
coffee.
? Will you be drinking coffee?
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will have drunk (III pf)
coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will not (won’t) have drunk
coffee.
? Will you have drunk coffee?
+ I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will have been drinking coffee.
- I/he/she/it/we/you/they
will not (won’t) have been
drinking coffee.
? Will you have been drinking
coffee?