Englische Zeitformen Übersicht
Übersicht über alle englischen Zeitformen
Wie bildet und verwendet man die englischen Zeiten? In der folgenden Übersicht findest du alle Zeiten Englisch auf einen Blick, inklusive Verwendung und Signalwörter sowie für jede Zeit ein Beispiel für positive Sätze, negative Sätze und Fragen auf Englisch.
Wenn du eine englische Zeitform intensiver lernen willst, gelangst du über den Link zu einer ausführlichen Erläuterung mit Übungen. Außerdem findest du auf Lingolia eine Liste für die Vergangenheitsformen der unregelmäßigen Verben und einen Konjugator, in dem du dir jedes englische Verb in allen Zeitformen konjugiert anzeigen lassen kannst.
Zeitform | Positiv/Negativ/Frage | Anwendung | Signalwörter |
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Simple Present
Präsens |
P: He speaks. N: He does not speak. F: Does he speak? |
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always, every …, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually If-Satz Typ I (If I talk, …) |
Present Progressive
Verlaufsform des Präsens |
P: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. F: Is he speaking? |
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at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now |
Simple Past
Präteritum |
P: He spoke. N: He did not speak. F: Did he speak? |
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yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …) |
Past Progressive
Verlaufsform des Präteritum |
P: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. F: Was he speaking? |
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while, as long as |
Present Perfect Simple
Perfekt |
P: He has spoken. N: He has not spoken. F: Has he spoken? |
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already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now |
Present Perfect Progressive
Verlaufsform des Perfekt |
P: He has been speaking. N: He has not been speaking. F: Has he been speaking? |
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all day, for 4 years, since 1993, how long?, the whole week |
Past Perfect Simple
Plusquamperfekt |
P: He had spoken. N: He had not spoken. F: Had he spoken? |
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already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day If-Satz Typ III (If I had talked, …) |
Past Perfect Progressive
Verlaufsform des Plusquamperfekt |
P: He had been speaking. N: He had not been speaking. F: Had he been speaking? |
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for, since, the whole day, all day |
Future Simple (will + Infinitiv)
Zukunft |
P: He will speak. N: He will not speak. F: Will he speak? |
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in a year, next …, tomorrow If-Satz Typ I (If you ask her, she will help you.) Vermutung: I think, probably, perhaps |
Future Simple (be going to) | P: He is going to speak. N: He is not going to speak. F: Is he going to speak? |
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in one year, next week, tomorrow |
Future Progressive
Verlaufsform des Futur |
P: He will be speaking. N: He will not be speaking. F: Will he be speaking? |
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in one year, next week, tomorrow |
Future Perfect Simple
vollendete Zukunft |
P: He will have spoken. N: He will not have spoken. F: Will he have spoken? |
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by Monday, in a week |
Future Perfect Progressive
Verlaufsform des Future Perfect Simple |
P: He will have been speaking. N: He will not have been speaking. F: Will he have been speaking? |
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for …, the last couple of hours, all day long |
Conditional I Simple
Konjunktiv II (Gegenwart) |
P: He would speak. N: He would not speak. F: Would he speak? |
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If-Satz Typ II (If I were you, I would go home.) |
Conditional I Progressive
Verlaufsform Konjunktiv II (Gegenwart) |
P: He would be speaking. N: He would not be speaking. F: Would he be speaking? |
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Conditional II Simple
Konjunktiv II (Vergangenheit) |
P: He would have spoken. N: He would not have spoken. F: Would he have spoken? |
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If-Satz Typ III (If I had seen that, I would have helped.) |
Conditional II Progressive
Verlaufsform Konjunktiv II (Vergangenheit) |
P: He would have been speaking. N: He would not have been speaking. F: Would he have been speaking? |
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