В английском языке 12 времён. 4 настоящего времени Present: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous. 4 прошедшего Past: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous. И 4 будущего Future: future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous.
| Время | Present | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | |||
| Вспом. глагол | do/does | did | will |
| Окончание | -, -s | -, -ed | - |
| Формула | V (+s) | V2 | will + V |
| + | I work | I worked | I will work |
| He writes | They wrote | They will write | |
| - | I do not work | I did not work | I will not work |
| He does not write | He did not write | He will not write | |
| ? | Do I work? | Did I work? | Will I Work? |
| Does he write? | Did he write? | Will he write? | |
| Continuous | |||
| Вспом. глагол | be (am/is/are) | be (was/were) | will be |
| Окончание | -ing | -ing | -ing |
| Формула | am/is/are + Ving | was/were + Ving | will be + Ving |
| + | I am working | I was working | I will be working |
| He is working | He was writing | He will be writing | |
| - | I am not working | I was not working | I will not be working |
| He is not writing | He was not writing | He will not be writing | |
| ? | Am I working? | Was I working? | Will I be working? |
| Is he writing? | Was he writing? | Will he be writing? | |
| Perfect | |||
| Вспом. глагол | have/has | had | will have |
| Окончание | -ed | -ed | -ed |
| Формула | have/has + V3 | had + V3 | will have + V3 |
| + | I have worked | I had worked | I will have worked |
| He has written | He had written | He will have written | |
| - | I have not worked | I had not worked | I will not have worked |
| He has not written | He had not written | He will not have written | |
| ? | Have I worked? | Had I Worked? | Will I have worked? |
| Has he written? | had he written? | Will he have written? | |
| Perfect Continuous | |||
| Вспом. глагол | have/has been | had been | will have been |
| Окончание | -ing | -ing | -ing |
| Формула | have/has been + V+ing | had been + Ving | will have been + Ving |
| + | I have been working | I had been working | I will have been working |
| He has been writing | He had been writing | He will have been writing | |
| - | I have not been working | I had not been working | I will not have been working |
| He has not been writing | He had not been writing | He will not have been writing | |
| ? | Have I been working? | Had I been working? | Will I have been working? |
| Has he been writing? | Had he been writing? | Will he have been writing? | |