Tense
Simple present
Active
ali studies Enalish
Passive
English is studied by Ali
Simple past
esent continuous
rast continuous
Ali studied English
Ali is studying English
Ali was studying English
English was studied by All
English is being studied by Ali
English was being studied by Ali
Present Perfect
Past perfect
All has studied English
ali had studied Enalish
English has been studied by Ali
English had been studied by ali
Future perfect
Aliwill have studied English
English will have been studied by Al
Sim ple Future All will study English English will be studied by Ali
Going ta Ali is going to study English | English is going to be studied by Ali
must must
has to has to
should should
MODALS: Ali ought tol study English | ought to| be stucied
can can by Ali
could English could
may may
might mightsimple
past
future
conditional
continuous present
past
future
conditional
perfect simple present
It is washed.
It was washed.
It will be washed.
It would be washed.
Itis being washed.
It was being washed.
It will be being washed.
It would be being washed.
It has been washed.
past It had been washed.
future It will have been washed.
conditional | It would have been washed.
perfect continuous | present
It has been being washed.
past
future
Qn conditional
It had been being washed.
It will have been being washed.
It would have been being washed.The 12 Verb Tenses
acta ce Part:
Late pizza leat pizza I will eat pizza
yesterday. everyday. tomorrow.
S440 S+vi40 S4 will +V+0
I was eating pizza lam eating pizza I will be eating pizza
when you arrived. tight now. when you arrive.
Continuous
S + 'wasfwere' + (V+ing) +O
S + ‘amiis/are' + (V+ing) +O
5 4 ‘will be! + (ving) +0
1 had eaten all of the pizza
when you arrived.
S+'had' +V;+0
I have eaten all of the pizza.
'S + ‘haverhas’ + V, +0
I will have eaten all of the pizza
by the time you arrive.
S + ‘will have’ +V, +0
L had been eating pizza
Perfect for 2 hours when you arrived.
Continuous
S4'had been’ + (Vsing) + 0.
I have been eating pizza
for 2 hours.
+ ‘have/nas been’ + (V+ing) +O
I will have been eating pizza
for 2 hours when you arrive.
S + ‘will have been' + (Ving) + 0
Legend: $=Subject 0 = Object
V= Verb (Vi = present / Ve = past / Vs = past participle)THE PASSIVE ¥OICE
To change a seritence from the active to thepassive, we need an object in the
sentence which is in the active voice.
studies English
[ English | [ is ] [ studied ] [ y ali
object | [ be | [Past participle | [ agent |
The abject (English) becomes subject when we change from active ta passive
The agent is Ali.
The structure of the passive is ———=—> BE + Past Participle
We should focus on the changes which occur on BE. Look at the chart
below.Are we feeling tense yet?
A visualization of what we mean in English by the various tenses.
[| Thad eaten
I will haye eaten* ;
I I I I I
Further in ‘A point in Right now A point in Further in
the past the past ‘the future: the future
* Fill have eaten may imply that the eating will take place after some future event but before some other event.
4, 2— Jam eating can mean both Lam eating right now (1) or | intend to eat at some point in the future (2) [e.g Tomorrow Tin eating alone.)