Het Engels kent eigenlijk maar twee tijden: de Present Tense en de Past Tense. That's it.
Alle andere tijden zijn daar variaties op. Ook de Future Tense. Je plakt er gewoon wat hulpwerkwoorden bij.
Hieronder hebben we alle mogelijkheden op een rij gezet. Als je op de naam klikt, krijg je alle info over die tijd.
Present Tense
She always takes the bus
I like Game of Thrones.
I like Game of Thrones.
He is watching tv right now.
The weather is getting better.
The weather is getting better.
What have you done?
We have been to Asia.
We have been to Asia.
What have you been doing?
We have been playing Mario Kart all day.
We have been playing Mario Kart all day.
Past Tense
She always took the bus
I liked Game of Thrones, but no more.
I liked Game of Thrones, but no more.
He was watching tv this morning.
The weather was getting better.
The weather was getting better.
What had you done?
We had been to Asia.
We had been to Asia.
What had you been doing?
We had been playing Mario Kart all day.
We had been playing Mario Kart all day.
Future Tense
We will be there for you.
What are you going to do?
What are you going to do?
He will be walking home.
The weather will be getting better.
The weather will be getting better.
We will have gone by tomorrow.
He would have called her.
He would have called her.
They will have been screaming about it.
He would have been willing, I'm sure.
He would have been willing, I'm sure.
Alle vormen
Je ziet in iedere tense dezelfde vormen terugkomen, vaak gecombineerd.
1 Simple
Dit is de eenvoudigste vorm, dus zonder hulpwerkwoorden.
I think I like you.
I saw her once.
I saw her once.
Dit wordt altijd gemaakt met een vorm van het hulpwerkwoord to be en een werkwoord dat eindigt in -ing.
I am standing right here.
She was calling Harry.
She was calling Harry.
3 Perfect
Dit wordt altijd gemaakt met een vorm van het hulpwerkwoord to have en een voltooid deelwoord.
I have seen you.
I had moved those things.
I had moved those things.
Nederlandse namen
Dit zijn de vergelijkbare tijden in het Nederlands.
present simple
onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd
present perfect
voltooid tegenwoordige tijd
past simple
onvoltooid verleden tijd
past perfect
voltooid verleden tijd
future simple
onvoltooid toekomende tijd
future perfect
voltooid toekomende tijd