16 Tenses Sentence using "It"

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Guys now i looking for 16 Tenses sentence using "it", i only know easy one like "Simple Present Tense Sentence - It is my cat" if can all +/-/? sentence too ...

Can someone help me with this problem?
Thanks Guys ~

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

Welcome to the forum.. I am not quite sure what you need.

If you need 16 senses containing the word 'it', each using a different verb tense, you have a problem. There aren't 16 tenses in English.

What do you mean by " if can all +/-/? sentence too ... "?

Fizzx · Answer

umm it's not 16 Tenses ?

what i mean +/-/? it's + (Positive) sentence, - (Negative), and ? (Interrogative)

now still confuse because i can't find those sentence using "it"
now i only find 3 Tenses sentence using it, but not sure it's right or not ...

Simple Present Tense
It is my Money
It is not my Money
Is it my Money?

Simple Future Tense

It will rain tomorrow
It will not rain tomorrow
Will it rain tomorrow?

Simple Past Tense

It rain all day yesterday
It not rain all day yesterday
Yesterday it rained all day?

something like that ...

Fivejedjon · Answer

fizzxIt rain all day yesterdayIt not rain all day yesterdayYesterday it rained all day?

These are not correct. You need to check on past tense forms.

You could also look up Continuous (or Progressive) and Perfect aspects, which some people consider to be tenses.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

According to some grammar authorities, English has only two tenses, present and past.

Other authorities add the future tense, the perfect tenses, and the continuous tenses.
Others might mention the moods: active, passive and subjunctive.
Others might talk about the different types: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative.
Apparently your list included negation.

So the question is, when you mention 16 different variations, which 16 are you talking about?

Simple Present Tense
It is my money. (declarative)
It is not my money. (negated)
Is it my money? (interrogative)

Simple Future Tense

It will rain tomorrow.
It will not rain tomorrow.
Will it rain tomorrow?

Simple Past Tense
It rained all day yesterday.
It did not rain all day yesterday.
Did it rain all day yesterday?

Fizzx · Answer

umm sorry, still new with English Tenses, usually i only know how to hear and speak, my write and read not so good

i looking for sentence for these , i using pic sir ...
Here's the pic ...

Fivejedjon · Answer

I suppose that if you admit all the possibilities, you have:

present, past, future, conditional (=4) x voices (=2) x perfect /non-perfect (=2) x progressive (continuous)/non-progressive (non-continuous) (=2) x affirmative (declarative)/interrogative/negative/interrogative-negative/emphatic (=5) = 160, plus a few subjunctives.

I stick with just two tenses, the unmarked (present simple) and marked (past simple). For me, the perfect and progressive forms are aspects, and constructions with will and would are modal forms. Affirmation, negation, interrogation are not tenses, and neither is voice (active/passive). If pushed, I'll accept that there are two subjunctive tenses, the unmarked and the marked.

As far as I know, no modern grammarians admit a future tense. Some admit perfect tenses.

Fivejedjon · Answer

fizzxHere's the pic ...

Where did you get that from.? I have come across some strange ideas in my time, but never 'past future' tenses.

Wilpeter · Answer

Simple past future tense:
Yesterday, I knew it would rain.

Present continuous tense:
It is raining.

Past continuous tense:
Yesterday, it was raining.

Future continuous tense:
Tomorrow, it will be raining.

Past future continuous tense:
Yesterday, I knew it would be raining.

Present perfect tense:
It has to rain today.

Past perfect tense:
It has rained.

Future perfect tense:
It will have rained by this evening.

Past future perfect tense:
Last week, I knew it would have rained by now.

Present perfect continuous tense:
It has been raining.

Past perfect continuous tense:
Last week, it had been raining a lot.

Future perfect continuous tense:
It will have been raining for two hours by suppertime.

Past future perfect continuous tense:
Last week, I knew it would have been raining for our wedding.

Fivejedjon · Answer

Simple past future tense: Yesterday, I knew it would rain.
The form is fine. You could just about call it 'future in the past'.
Present continuous tense: It is raining. OK
Past continuous tense: Yesterday, it was raining. OK
Future continuous tense: Tomorrow, it will be raining. OK
Past future continuous tense: Yesterday, I knew it would be raining.
The form is fine. You could just about call it 'future in the past (continuous)'.
Present perfect tense: It has to rain today. NO. That is the present of the verb 'have to'.
Past perfect tense: It has rained. NO. That is the present perfect of the verb 'rain'.
Future perfect tense: It will have rained by this evening. OK
Past future perfect tense: Last week, I knew it would have rained by now.
Not really. You need more context to justify that form
Present perfect continuous tense: It has been raining. OK
Past perfect continuous tense: Last week, it had been raining a lot.
Not really. You need more context to justify that form
Future perfect continuous tense: It will have been raining for two hours by suppertime. OK
Past future perfect continuous tense: Last week, I knew it would have been raining for our wedding.
Not really. You need more context to justify that form

If the system you are working in uses those labels, then the forms of most of your verbs are OK. The context is shaky for some.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I have seen many charts of English tenses, but this one is not using standard nomenclature.
According to modern grammar, there are only two forms for "tensed" verbs.
When there is a verb phrase of more than one word, these are called "aspects" or "modes"
Here is a verb tense chart using traditional grammar:

16 Tenses Sentence using "It"

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