Note about all-tenses table (page 4)
The “All-tenses table (page 4)” illustrates the past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, and future simple, in addition to their form, function, and signal words associated with them.
| Tense | Formation Rule | Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Signal words | Use/Function |
| Past Perfect Simple | subject+had+past participle | – I/You/We/ They had worked /written – He/She/It had worked/written | –I/You/We/They hadn’t (=had not) worked – He/She/It hadn’t worked/ written | – Had I/you/we/ they worked/written? – Had he/she/it worked /written? | -already -just -never -when -before/after | – an action that happened before another in the past and had just finished or was still continuing – in conditional type 3 – in reported speech |
| Past Perfect Continuous/ Progressive | subject+had been +verb-ing | -I/You/We/They had been working/writing – He/She/It had been working/writing | -I/You/We/They hadn’t been working/writing – He/She/it hadn’t been working/writing | – Had I/you/we/ they been working/writing? – Had he/she/it been working/ writing? | – for – since – how long | – the action happened before the time of speaking in the past and continued up to it or stopped just before it – repeated action in the past |
| Future Simple | subject+will+verb(infinitive without ‘’to’’) | – I/ You / We /They will work – He/She/It will work | – I/You/We/ They won’t (= will not) work – He/She/It won’t work | – Will I/you/ we/they work? – Will he/she/it work? | – next…. -on+day of the week -at+hour -in+month/ year/season -tomorrow | – speaker’s intention (i.e.unpremeditated/ unintentional actions) – making offers and promises – in conditional type 1 – scheduled events – in giving news and the weather forecast – probable future (speaker’s assumptions/ speculations about the future – making requests / commands |
