English Tenses

In Englisch kannst du über Handlungen und Ereignisse sprechen, die in der Gegenwart , der Vergangenheit und der Zukunft stattfinden. Alles, was du dazu brauchst, sind die richtigen Zeitformen.

Die 12 englischen Zeitformen sind: Simple Present, Present Progressive, Simple Past, Past Progressive, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Progressive, Will-Future, Going to-Future, Future Progressive, Future Perfect und Future Perfect Progressive.

Alle Zeitformen in Englisch in einer Tabelle:

Zeitform	Verwendung	Bildung	Beispiele	Signalwörter
Simple Present	Gewohnheiten, regelmäßige Handlungen, allgemeine Aussagen, Zustände, Anweisungen	Infinitiv he/she/it + -(e)s	I walk. I don′t walk.	always, every day, often, sometimes, usually, normally, never
Simple Present		Infinitiv he/she/it + -(e)s	She walks. She doesn′t walk.
Present Progressive	gerade stattfindende Handlungen, vorübergehende Handlungen, feststehende Pläne, (störende) wiederholte Handlungen, Trends	to be + Infinitiv + -ing	I am walking. I′m not walking.	(right) now, just at that moment, this week, today, still
Simple Past	abgeschlossene, vergangene Handlungen	Infinitiv + -ed	I walked. I didn′t walk.	yesterday, the other day, last Tuesday, in 2012, a month ago
Simple Past	abgeschlossene, vergangene Handlungen	eigene Form bei unregelmäßigen Verben (eat):	I ate. I didn′t eat.
Past Progressive	Handlungen, die in der Vergangenheit eine Weile angedauert haben	was/were + Infinitiv + -ing	I was walking. I wasn′t walking.	while, as long as
Present Perfect	vergangene Handlungen, die eine Bedeutung für die Gegenwart haben	has/have + Infinitiv + -ed (past participle )	I have walked. I haven′t walked.	up until now, yet, so far, since, ever, recently, lately
Present Perfect		bei unregelmäßigen Verben (eat):	I have eaten. I haven′t eaten.	up until now, yet, so far, since, ever, recently, lately
Present Perfect Progressive	Handlungen, die in der Vergangenheit begonnen haben und bis heute andauern	has/have + been + Infinitiv + -ing	I have been walking. I haven′t been walking.	for hours, all afternoon, how long?
Past Perfect	Handlungen, die vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit abgeschlossen wurden	had + Infinitiv + -ed (past participle )	I had walked. I hadn′t walked.	before, after, when, as soon as, until that day, once
Past Perfect		bei unregelmäßigen Verben:	I had eaten. I hadn′t eaten.	before, after, when, as soon as, until that day, once
Past Perfect Progressive	Handlungen, die über einen bestimmten Zeitraum hinweg in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben	had + been + Infinitiv + -ing	I had been walking. I hadn’t been walking.	since, for, how long?
Will-Future (Future Simple)	allgemeine Aussagen über die Zukunft, Vorhersagen, spontane Entscheidungen	will + Infinitiv	I will walk. I won′t walk.	tomorrow, next week, in the summer
Going to- Future	feststehender Plan/Absicht für die Zukunft, logische Schlussfolgerung	to be + going to + Infinitiv	I am going to walk. I′m not going to walk.	tomorrow, next week, in the summer
Future Progressive	Handlungen, die in der Zukunft länger andauern werden	will + be + Infinitiv + -ing	I will be walking. I won′t be walking.	during the summer, while, for several weeks
Future Perfect	Handlungen, die in der Zukunft abgeschlossen sein werden	will + have + Infinitiv + -ed (past participle )	I will have walked. I won′t have walked.	by Tuesday, within a year
Future Perfect	Handlungen, die in der Zukunft abgeschlossen sein werden	bei unregelmäßigen Verben:	I will have eaten. I won′t have eaten.	by Tuesday, within a year
Future Perfect Progressive	schon begonnene Handlungen oder Ereignisse, die erst zu einem bestimmten zukünftigen Zeitpunkt abgeschlossen sein werden	will + have + been + Infinitiv + -ing	I will have been walking. I won′t have been walking.	by the time that, for the longest time, all day long

Tense	Signal words	Use	Form	Examples affirmative	Examples negative	Examples interrogative
Simple Present or Present Simple	every daysometimesalwaysoftenusuallyseldomneverfirst … then	something happens repeatedlyhow often something happensone action follows anotherthings in generalwith the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)future meaning: timetables, programmes	infinitive (he/she/it) + -s	I work.	I don’t work.	Do I work?
				He works.	He doesn’t work.	Does he work?
				I go.	I don’t go.	Do I go?
				He goes.	He doesn’t go.	Does he go?
Present Progressive or Present Continuous	nowat the momentLook!Listen!	something is happening at the same time of speaking or around itfuture meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)	to be (am/are/is) + infinitive + -ing	I‘m working.	I‘m not working.	Am I working?
				He‘s working.	He isn’t working.	Is he working?
				I‘m going.	I‘m not going.	Am I going?
				He‘s going.	He isn’t going.	Is he going?
Simple Past or Past Simple	last …… agoin 1990yesterday	action finished in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)	regular: infinitive + -edirregular: 2nd column of table of irregular verbs	I worked.	I didn’t work.	Did I work?
				He worked.	He didn’t work.	Did he work?
				I went.	I didn’t go.	Did I go?
				He went.	He didn’t go.	Did he go?
Past Progressive or Past Continuous	while	an action happened in the middle of another actionsomeone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) – you do not know whether it was finished or not	was/were + infinitive + -ing	I was working.	I wasn’t working.	Was I working?
				He was working.	He wasn’t working.	Was he working?
				I was going.	I wasn’t going.	Was I going?
				He was going.	He wasn’t going.	Was he going?
Simple Present Perfect or Present Perfect	justyetnevereveralreadyso farup to nowsinceforrecently	you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the presentaction started in the past and continues up to the present	have/has + past participle*	I have worked.	I haven’t worked.	Have I worked?
				He has worked.	He hasn’t worked.	Has he worked?
				I have gone.	I haven’t gone.	Have I gone?
				He has gone.	He hasn’t gone.	Has he gone?
Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous	all daythe whole dayhow longsincefor	action began in the past and has just stoppedhow long the action has been happeningemphasis: length of time of an action	have/has + been + infinitive + -ing	I have been working.	I haven’t been working.	Have I been working?
				He has been working.	He hasn’t been working.	Has he been working?
				I have been going.	I haven’t been going.	Have I been going?
				He has been going.	He hasn’t been going.	Has he been going?
Simple Past Perfect or Past Perfect (Simple)	alreadyjustnever	mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Pastthe past of Present Perfect	had + past participle*	I had worked.	I hadn’t worked.	Had I worked?
				He had worked.	He hadn’t worked.	Had he worked?
				I had gone.	I hadn’t gone.	Had I gone?
				He had gone.	He hadn’t gone.	Had he gone?
Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous	how longsincefor	how long something had been happening before something else happened	had + been + infinitive + ing	I had been working.	I hadn’t been working.	Had I been working?
				He had been working.	He hadn’t been working.	Had he been working?
				I had been going.	I hadn’t been going.	Had I been going?
				He had been going.	He hadn’t been going.	Had he been going?
will – future		predictions about the future (you think that sth. will happen)you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven’t made a decision beforemain clause in type I of the if clauses	will + infinitive	I‘ll work.	I won’t work.	Will I work?
				He‘ll work.	He won’t work.	Will he work?
				I‘ll go.	I won’t go.	Will I go?
				He‘ll go.	He won’t go.	Will he go?
going to – future		when you have already decided to do sth. in the futurewhat you think what will happen	to be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive	I‘m going to work.	I‘m not going to work.	Am I going to work?
				He‘s going to work.	He‘s not going to work.	Is he going to work?
				I‘m going to go.	I‘m not going to go.	Am I going to go?
				He‘s going to go.	He‘s not going to go.	Is he going to go?
Future Progressive or Future Continuous		An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time.Something happens because it normally happens.	will + be + infinitive + ing	I‘ll be working.	I won’t be working.	Will I be working?
				He‘ll be working.	He won’t be working.	Will he be working?
				I‘ll be going.	I won’t be going.	Will I be going?
				He‘ll be going.	He won’t be going.	Will he be going?
Simple Future Perfect or Future Perfect Simple		sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future	will + have + past participle*	I‘ll have worked.	I won’t have worked.	Will I have worked?
				He‘ll have worked.	He won’t have worked.	Will he have worked?
				I‘ll have gone.	I won’t have gone.	Will I have gone?
				He‘ll have gone.	He won’t have gone.	Will he have gone?
Future Perfect Progressive or Future Perfect Continuous		sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the futureemphasis: length of time of an action	will + have + been + infinitive + ing	I‘ll have been working.	I won’t have been working.	Will I have been working?
				He‘ll have been working.	He won’t have been working.	Will he have been working?
				I‘ll have been going.	I won’t have been going.	Will I have been going?
				He‘ll have been going.	He won’t have been going.	Will he have been going?
Conditional Simple		sth. that might happenmain clause in type II of the Conditional sentences	would + infinitive	I would work.	I wouldn’t work.	Would I work?
				He would work.	He wouldn’t work.	Would he work?
				I would go.	I wouldn’t go.	Would I go?
				He would go.	He wouldn’t go.	Would he go?
Conditional Progressive or Conditional Continuous		sth. that might happenemphasis: length of time of an action	would + be + infinitive + ing	I would be working.	I wouldn’t be working.	Would I be working?
				He would be working.	He wouldn’t be working.	Would he be working?
				I would be going.	I wouldn’t be going.	Would I be going?
				He would be going.	He wouldn’t be going.	Would he be going?
Conditional Perfect		sth. that might have happened in the past (It’s too late now.)main clause in type III of the if clauses	would + have + past participle*	I would have worked.	I wouldn’t have worked.	Would I have worked?
				He would have worked.	He wouldn’t have worked.	Would he have worked?
				I would have gone.	I wouldn’t have gone.	Would I have gone?
				He would have gone.	He wouldn’t have gone.	Would I have gone?
Conditional Perfect Progressive or Conditional Perfect Continuous		sth. that might have happened in the past (It’s too late now.)emphasis: length of time of an action	would + have + been + infinitive + ing	I would have been working.	I wouldn’t have been working.	Would I have been working?
				He would have been going.	He wouldn’t have been going.	Would he have been working?
				I would have been going.	I wouldn’t have been going.	Would I have been going?
				He would have been going.	He wouldn’t have been going.	Would he have been going?

*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)

We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We have not listed signal words in the future tenses as there are no definite ones. Always remember what action is described.

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Jetzt kennst du dich perfekt mit den Zeitformen in Englisch aus. Aber Vorsicht: Manche Verben verändern ihre Form, wenn du sie in die Vergangenheit setzt.

Unregelmäßige Verben Englisch – Top 7 wichtigste Verben

Hier siehst du die Top 7 wichtigsten unregelmäßigen Verben im Englischen auf einen Blick:

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Liste der unregelmäßigen Verben in Englisch

Die wichtigsten und häufigsten unregelmäßige Verben (irregular verbs) in Englisch findest du in dieser Tabelle:

Infinitiv	Simple Past	Past Participle	Deutsch
be	was/ were	been	sein
beat	beat	beaten	schlagen
become	became	become	werden
begin	began	begun	beginnen
bend	bent	bent	biegen
bind	bound	bound	binden
bite	bit	bitten	beißen, stechen
bleed	bled	bled	bluten
blow	blew	blown	blasen, pusten
break	broke	broken	zerbrechen
bring	brought	brought	bringen
build	built	built	bauen
burn	burnt/ burned	burnt/ burned	(ver)brennen
buy	bought	bought	kaufen
catch	caught	caught	fangen
choose	chose	chosen	(aus)wählen
come	came	come	kommen
cost	cost	cost	kosten
dive	dove/ dived	dived	tauchen
do	did	done	tun, machen
draw	drew	drawn	zeichnen
dream	dreamt	dreamt/ dreamed	träumen
drink	drank	drunk	trinken
drive	drove	driven	fahren
eat	ate	eaten	essen
fall	fell	fallen	(hin)fallen
feed	fed	fed	füttern
feel	felt	felt	(sich) fühlen
fight	fought	fought	kämpfen
find	found	found	finden
fly	flew	flown	fliegen
forbid	forbade	forbidden	verbieten
forget	forgot	forgotten	vergessen
freeze	froze	frozen	frieren
get	got	got/ gotten	bekommen, holen
give	gave	given	geben
go	went	gone	gehen
grow	grew	grown	wachsen
hang	hung	hung	(auf)hängen
have	had	had	haben
hear	heard	heard	hören
hide	hid	hidden	verstecken
hold	held	held	halten
keep	kept	kept	(be)halten
know	knew	known	wissen, kennen
lead	led	led	führen, leiten
learn	learnt	learnt/ learned	lernen
leave	left	left	verlassen, weggehen
lend	lent	lent	verleihen
lie	lay	lain	liegen
lose	lost	lost	verlieren
make	made	made	machen
mean	meant	meant	bedeuten
meet	met	met	(sich) treffen
pay	paid	paid	bezahlen
prove	proved	proven/ proved	beweisen
read	read	read	lesen
ride	rode	ridden	reiten, fahren
ring	rang	rung	klingeln, läuten
rise	rose	risen	aufgehen, ansteigen
run	ran	run	rennen, laufen
say	said	said	sagen
see	saw	seen	sehen, besuchen
sell	sold	sold	verkaufen
send	sent	sent	schicken, senden an
shake	shook	shaken	schütteln
shine	shone	shone	scheinen
shoot	shot	shot	schießen
show	showed	shown	zeigen
sing	sang	sung	singen
sink	sank	sunk	sinken, untergehen
sit	sat	sat	sitzen, sich setzen
sleep	slept	slept	schlafen
smell	smelt/ smelled	smelt/ smelled	riechen
speak	spoke	spoken	sprechen
spend	spent	spent	Geld ausgeben, Zeit verbringen
stand	stood	stood	stehen, sich hinstellen
steal	stole	stolen	stehlen
swear	swore	sworn	schwören
swim	swam	swum	schwimmen
take	took	taken	nehmen
teach	taught	taught	lehren, unterrichten
tell	told	told	erzählen, berichten
think	thought	thought	denken
throw	threw	thrown	werfen
wear	wore	worn	anhaben
win	won	won	gewinnen
write	wrote	written	schreiben

Beachte: Manchmal können sich die unregelmäßigen Verben im britischen und amerikanischen Englisch unterscheiden. Das kommt aber eher seltener vor. Solange du eine richtige Form benutzt, wird man dich trotzdem verstehen!

Was sind irregular verbs?

Irregular verbs sind unregelmäßige Verbformen, die sich in ihrer 2. Form (Simple Past) und ihrer 3. Form (Past Participle) von der Grundform (Infinitiv) stark unterscheiden. Mit ihnen bildest du die Vergangenheitszeiten in Englisch .

Simple Present : Today I go to the cinema.
Simple Past : Yesterday I went to the cinema.
Present Perfect : I have gone to the cinema before.
Past Perfect: After I had gone to the cinema, I called my friend.

Wichtig: Das Past Participle ist keine eigene Zeitform! Wenn du eine Vergangenheitszeit ausdrückst, musst du es also immer in Verbindung mit have/has (Present Perfect) oder had (Past Perfect) schreiben.

Taucht ein Verb nicht in der Liste der irregular verbs auf, dann handelt es sich um ein regelmäßiges Verb . Du hängst an den Infinitiv also nur ein -ed und erhältst so die richtigen Formen im Simple Past und Past Participle: mix → mixed → mixed

Unregelmäßige Verben – Irregular modal verbs

Darüber hinaus gibt es in Englisch auch ein paar Modalverben (modal verbs ) mit unregelmäßigen Formen:

Infinitiv	Simple Past	Past Participle	Deutsch
can	could	could	können
may	might	might	können
shall	should	should	sollen
will	would	would	wollen, werden

Unregelmäßige Verben – Gleichbleibende Formen

Außerdem gibt es Verben in Englisch, die immer die gleiche Form haben. Also egal ob als Infinitiv, Simple Past oder Past Participle. Du schreibst sie immer gleich: