Active Simple

Subject + verb
Present work / works

don’t / doesn’t York

Subject + verb (in past)

Past (Regular) worked

didn’t work

eat - ate

Past (Irregular) do - did

fly - flew

will + infintive
Future
e.g. She will drink
 Active Simple Continuous

Subject + verb
be + gerund (-ing)
Present work / works

I’m working
don’t / doesn’t York

Subject + verb (in past) was/were + gerund

Past (Regular) worked
I was working

didn’t work We weren’t working

eat - ate

Past (Irregular) do - did

(the same as regular past)
fly - flew

will + be + gerund
will + infintive
Future e.g. She will drink
They will be travelling to the U.K.
next month.

have / has + past participle have/has + been + gerund

Present Perfect e.g. He’s lived in the U.S.A.
You’ve been studying English for a
We haven’t travelled yet. few years.

had + past participle had + been + gerund

Past Perfect e.g. I had driven a car before I drove He had been living in Sevilla for five
a motorbike. years before Alicante.

will + have + past participle will + have + been + gerund

Future Perfect e.g. By January you’ll have finished By 2050 we’ll have been fighting the
this English course. climate crisis for 50 years.
 Passive Simple Continuous

be + being + past participle

be + past participle
Present e.g. Coffee is made every day
e.g. The coffee is being made right
now.

was/were + past participle was/were + being + past participle

Past (Regular) e.g. Coffee was produced e.g. The coffee was being made
yesterday. when the phone rang.

Past (Irregular) (the same as regular past) (the same as regular past)

will + be + past participle

Future e.g. New houses will be built next to -
the campus.

have / has + been + past participle

Present Perfect -
e.g. The class has just been taught.

had + been + past participle

Past Perfect e.g. The car had been driven before -
it was sold to the buyer.

will + have + been + past participle

Future Perfect e.g. By January this English course -
will have been completed.