Englische Zeitformen und indirekte Rede: Übersicht und Regeln

Simple Present

Aussage: Subjekt + Verb (mit -s/-es bei he/she/it)
Verneinung: Subjekt + do/does + not + Verb
Frage: Do/Does + Subjekt + Verb?

Present Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + am/is/are + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + am/is/are + not + Verb-ing
Frage: Am/Is/Are + Subjekt + Verb-ing?

Past Simple

Regelmäßige Verben: Verb + -ed
Aussage: Subjekt + Verb (2. Form)
Verneinung: Subjekt + did not + Verb (1. Form)
Frage: Did + Subjekt + Verb (1. Form)?

Past Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + was/were + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + was/were + not + Verb-ing
Frage: Was/Were + Subjekt + Verb-ing?

Past Perfect

Aussage: Subjekt + had + Verb (3. Form)
Verneinung: Subjekt + had not (hadn't) + Verb (3. Form)
Frage: Had + Subjekt + Verb (3. Form)?

Present Perfect

Aussage: Subjekt + have/has + Verb (3. Form)
Verneinung: Subjekt + have not (haven't) / has not (hasn't) + Verb (3. Form)
Frage: Have/Has + Subjekt + Verb (3. Form)?

Present Perfect Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + have/has been + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + have/has not been + Verb-ing
Frage: Have/Has + Subjekt + been + Verb-ing?

Past Perfect Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + had been + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + had not (hadn't) been + Verb-ing
Frage: Had + Subjekt + been + Verb-ing?

Future Simple (will)

Aussage: Subjekt + will + Verb
Verneinung: Subjekt + will not (won't) + Verb
Frage: Will + Subjekt + Verb?

Future mit "going to" (Absicht)

Aussage: Subjekt + am/is/are going to + Verb
Verneinung: Subjekt + am/is/are not going to + Verb
Frage: Am/Is/Are + Subjekt + going to + Verb?

Future Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + will be + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + will not be + Verb-ing
Frage: Will + Subjekt + be + Verb-ing?

Future Perfect Simple

Aussage: Subjekt + will have + Verb (3. Form)
Verneinung: Subjekt + will not have + Verb (3. Form)
Frage: Will + Subjekt + have + Verb (3. Form)?

Future Perfect Continuous

Aussage: Subjekt + will have been + Verb-ing
Verneinung: Subjekt + will not have been + Verb-ing
Frage: Will + Subjekt + have been + Verb-ing?

Indirekte Rede: Zeitverschiebung

• Present Simple → Past Simple
• Present Continuous → Past Continuous
• Present Perfect → Past Perfect
• Past Simple → Past Perfect
• Past Perfect bleibt Past Perfect
• will → would
• can → could
• may → might
• must / have to → had to

Zeitangaben in der indirekten Rede

• now → then
• today / tonight → that day / that night
• yesterday → the day before / the previous day
• last week → the week before / the previous week
• a month ago → a month before
• next week → the following week / the week after
• here → there
• this / these → that / those