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Tenses/ Active Time expressions + - ?

Passive Voice
Voice (beV3/Ved)
Present Simple Usually, always, often, sometimes, from time to time, V don’t V Do…V am/is/are V3
ever, never, hardly ever, every day (Monday, week, year, he/she/it + Vs doesn’t V Does (he/she/it)… V
century, lesson, etc.), at 3 o’clock, on Sunday(s), in May,
in the morning (afternoon/ evening ), at midday, at
noon, at night, at midnight, at the week, in (the)
spring/summer/autumn/winter
Past Simple Yesterday, the day before yesterday, 3 days ago, last Ved/ V2 didn’t V Did… V was/were V3
week (Monday, week, year, century, lesson, etc.), on
Thursday(s), always, when…
for four years, at one o’clock, in 2001,
Future Simple Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week (Tuesday, I/we WILL/shall V shall not/shan’t V Shall… V shall/will be V3
year, meeting, on my next birthday, etc.); in a week/a will not/won’t V Will… V
hundred years/three months/ 100 years; this time, at 8
o’clock tomorrow morning; in the future, just yet (-), will V
Probably, maybe, I think, I expect, I hope
Present Now, at present, at the present moment, at the moment, am/is/are Ving am not/ isn’t / aren’t Ving Am/Is/Are …Ving am/is/are being V3
Continuous this week, just, these days, nowadays
(-) always, continually
State verbs Like, love, want, adore, hate, dislike, despise, wish, possess (= have/have smell (2- Ving action), taste (2- contain, deserve, seem, Believe
prefer, suppose, understand, recognize, remember, got), belong, own, Ving), hear, look (=seem), look like, fit , (= feel 2/=think 2),
know, mean, realize, see (2- Ving = meet) matter, weigh
Past While, when, from 5 till 7 yesterday,... (-) was/were Ving wasn’t/weren’t Ving Was/Were …Ving was/were being V3
Continuous
Future At 5 (o’clock) tomorrow, at 6.30, from 5 till 7, from will be Ving won’t be Ving Will …be Ving X
Continuous Tuesday till Friday, at midnight next Monday, all day
(long)/ afternoon/next week/night; this time next week,
in the future; by the time you read it
Present Just(now), already, recently, lately, today, this week have/has V3/Ved haven’t/hasn’t V3 Have/Has… V3 have/has been V3
Perfect (month/morning) before, still(-), yet (-/?), How long,
since June ,for four years,
every night, It’s the best day, This is the first time
Past Perfect Just, already, ever, never, until last weekend, How long, had V3 hadn’t V3 Had… V3 had been V3
When/after/by the time( by Monday, by June)/as soon
as + V2
Yesterday afternoon
Future Perfect By Monday, by the time you come home, by the end of will have V3 won’t have V3 Will…have V3 will have been V3
this week; for six months
Pres Perf Cont For a long time,Since five o’clock this morning have/has been Ving haven’t/hasn’t been Ving Have/Has been Ving X
All morning, all week, How long, While,
Past Perf Cont For hours; by the time she arrived; How long had been Ving hadn’t been Ving Had … been Ving X

Fut Perf Cont At seven o’clock; by the end of this week; for six months will have been Ving won’t have been Ving Will …have been Ving X

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