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 |
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Simple Present |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.