Englische Zeiten – Übersicht

Diese ausführliche Tabelle hilft dir bei der Auswahl der richtigen Zeiten im Englischen. Du findest die Namen der Zeiten, typische Signalwörter, wann man die englischen Zeiten verwendet, wie man diese bildet und Beispiele für Sätze, Verneinungen und Fragen. Außerdem kannst du dir die Tabelle ausdrucken.

Zeitform	Signalwörter	Verwendung	Bildungsweise	Beispiele positiv	Beispiele negativ	Beispiele Frage
Simple Present	every day sometimes always often usually seldom never first ... then	regelmäßig wiederholte oder gewohnheitsmäßige Handlung Handlungsfolgen allgemeingültige Feststellungen Verben mit statischer Bedeutung (to love, to hate, to think etc.) in futuristischer Bedeutung: Programm bzw. Terminplan	Infinitiv 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	now at the moment Look! Listen!	Handlung geschieht im Moment des Sprechens (jetzt) in futuristischer Bedeutung: bereits getroffene Vereinbarung oder bereits feststehender Plan	to be (am/are/is) + Infinitiv + 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	last ... ... ago in 1990 yesterday	Handlung hat in der Vergangenheit begonnen und ist abgeschlossen (einmalig, wiederholt, aufeinanderfolgend)	regelmäßig: Infinitiv + -ed unregelmäßig: 2. Spalte	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	while	häufig eine Handlung, die gerade stattfand, als ein neues Ereignis eintrat Ablauf einer Tätigkeit/ Vorgang in einem bestimmten Zeitraum der Vergangenheit oder zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit	was/were + Infinitiv + -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	just yet never ever already so far, up to now, since for recently	Resultat einer Handlung ist wichtig, der Zeitpunkt der Handlung interessiert den Sprecher dabei nicht Handlung, die in der Vergangenheit begonnen hat und bis in die Gegenwart andauert oder deren Auswirkungen bis in die Gegenwart reichen	have/has + past participle (Infinitiv + -ed) oder (3. Spalte der unregelmäßigen Verben)	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	all day the whole day how long since for	Handlung, die in der Vergangenheit begonnen hat und bis in die Gegenwart andauert ABER: besondere Betonung des Ablaufs, Dauer und Unabgeschlossenheit der Handlung	have/has + been + Infinitiv + -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	already just never	Handlung, die vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit angefangen hat, aber bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt oder darüber hinaus andauerte Handlung, die zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit bereits abgeschlossen war	had + past participle (Infinitiv + -ed) oder (3. Spalte der unregelmäßigen Verben)	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	how long since for	Handlung begann vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit und dauerte bis zu diesem (oder darüber hinaus) an – Betonung des Verlaufs, der Dauer dieser Handlung	had + been + Infinitiv + 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		Vorhersage einer zukünftigen Handlung oder eines zukünftigen Vorganges unabwendbares Ereignis – zukünftiges Geschehen hängt nicht von persönlichen Entscheidungen ab spontaner Entschluss im Hauptsatz der Bedingungssätze Typ 1	will + Infinitiv	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		bestehende Absicht/Plan logische Schlussfolgerung	to be (am/are/is) + going to + Infinitiv	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		Handlung, die zu einem Zeitpunkt in der Zukunft sein wird und bereits zu diesem Zeitpunkt begonnen hat Etwas passiert, weil es gewöhnlich geschieht.	will + be + Infinitiv + 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?
Future Perfect Simple		Handlung, die zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Zukunft abgeschlossen sein wird	will + have+ past participle (Infinitiv + -ed) oder (3. Spalte der unregelmäßigen Verben)	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		Handlung, die zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Zukunft abgeschlossen sein wird ABER: besondere Betonung der Dauer dieser Handlung	will + have + been + Infinitiv + 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		Handlung, die vielleicht eintreten kann (mehr theoretisch) im Hauptsatz der Bedingungssätze Typ 2	would + Infinitiv	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		Handlung, die vielleicht eintreten kann (mehr theoretisch) ABER: besondere Betonung der Dauer dieser Handlung	would + be + Infinitiv + 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		Handlung, die nicht mehr eintreten kann (es ist zu spät) im Hauptsatz der Bedingungssätze Typ 3	would + have+ past participle (Infinitiv + -ed) oder (3. Spalte der unregelmäßigen Verben)	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		Handlung, die nicht mehr eintreten kann (es ist zu spät) ABER: besondere Betonung der Dauer dieser Handlung	would + have + been + Infinitiv + 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?

Für Progressive kann auch Continuous stehen. Beachte, dass Signalwörter verschiedene Zeitformen verlangen können. Für die Zeitformen der Zukunft haben wir auf Signalwörter verzichtet, da hier mehrere Zeitformen möglich sind und keine eindeutigen Zuordnungen möglich sind. Überlege also immer, welche Handlung vorliegt.

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