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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 might simple 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.)

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