Six Tenses of the Verb

In six tenses the verb to be is the most irregular and the most important verb in English language.

Six tenses of the verb TO BE

 

A. Present tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I am	we are
Second person	you are	you are
Third person	he, she, it is	they are

 

B. Past tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I was	we were

Second person	you were	you were
Third person	he, she, it was	they were

 

C. Future tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall be	we shall be
Second person	you will be	you will be
Third person	he, she, it will be	they will be

 

D. Present perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I have been	we have been
Second person	you have been	you have been
Third person	he, she, it has been	they have been

E. Past perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I had been	we had been
Second person	you had been	you had been
Third person	he, she, it had been	they had been

 

F. Future perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall have been	we shall have been
Second person	you will have been	you will have been
Third person	he, she, it will have	they will have been

 

Six Tenses of the Regular Verb CARE

 

A. Present tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I care	we care
Second person	you care	you care
Third person	he, she, it care	they care

 

B. Past tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I cared	we cared
Second person	you cared	you cared
Third person	he, she, it cared	they cared

 

C. Future tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall care	we shall care
Second person	you will care	you will care
Third person	he, she, it will care	they will care

D. Present perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I have cared	we have cared
Second person	you have cared	you have cared
Third person	he, she, it has cared	they have cared

 

E. Past perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I had cared	we had cared
Second person	you had cared	you had cared
Third person	he, she, it had cared	they had cared

 

F. Future perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall have cared	we shall have cared
Second person	you will have cared	you will have cared
Third person	he, she, it will have	they will have cared
	Cared

 

 

Six Tenses of the Irregular Verb EAT

 

A. Present tense

Singular

Plural

First person	I eat	we eat
Second person	you eat	you eat
Third person	he, she, it eat	they eat

 

B. Past tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I eat	we eat
Second person	you eat	you eat
Third person	he, she, it eat	they eat

 

C. Future tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall eat	we shall eat
Second person	you will eat	you will eat
Third person	he, she, it will eat	they will eat

D. Present perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I have eaten	we have eaten
Second person	you have eaten	you have eaten
Third person	he, she, it has eaten	they have eaten

E. Past perfect tense	singular	Plural
First person	I had eaten	we had eaten
Second person	you had eaten	you had eaten
Third person	he, she, it had eaten	they had eaten

 

F. Future perfect tense	Singular	Plural
First person	I shall have eaten	we shall have eaten
Second person	you will have eaten	you will have eaten
Third person	he, she, it will have	they will have eaten
	Eaten

Tenses must be consistent. If you start out with a verb in a particular tense, you should not change to a verb in another tense.

*Incorrect: We went into the hall and there we eat our lunch. The policeman stopped the car and inspects the contents.

* Correct: We went into the hall and there we ate our lunch. The policeman stopped the car and inspected the contents.

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