ACTIVE VOICE
Indefinite Continuous
(Simple)
Констатація факту, не
вживання
вказуючи на тривалість
дії. Дія, яка повторюється,
відбувається регулярно.
Ряд послідовних дій.
V, V-s/-es
+ They (He) play (plays)
chess every Saturday and
Sunday.
Present
 They (He) don’t (doesn’t)
play chess on Monday.
? Do (Does) they (he) play
chess on Wednesday? Who
plays chess on Wednesday?
often, seldom, sometimes,
always, usually, regularly,
frequently, occasionally, every
day
V-ed, VII
+ They played chess last
Wednesday.
Past
 He didn’t play chess
last Wednesday.
? Did you play chess last
Wednesday?
during.., yesterday, in 1990,
the day before yesterday, last
week, ...years ago
will/shall + V
+ They will play chess next
week.
 They won’t play chess
Future
next Sunday
? Will they play chess in a
week?
tomorrow, next week, in a
week the day after tomorrow,
soon
would/should + V
+ He said he would play
Future-in-the-Past
chess next day.
 He said he wouldn’t play
chess next Sunday
? He wanted to know if they
would play chess next
Monday.
(Progressive)
Процес, який відбувається в
певний момент часу, який
позначається а) точним зазна-
ченням часу; б) періодом
часу; в) іншою дією.
am
is + V-ing
are
+ They (He) are (is) playing
chess now.
 They (He) aren’t (isn’t)
playing chess now.
? Are (Is) they (he) playing
chess now?
look, listen, don’t make noise, it
is 7 o'clock, wait a minute (тоб-
то вказівка на те, що дія відбува-
ється зараз)
was
were + V-ing
+ They (I) were (was) playing
chess at 7 p.m. yesterday.
 They (he) weren’t (wasn’t)
playing chess at 7 p.m. yester-
day.
? Were (was) they (he) playing
chess at 7 p.m. yesterday?
at 5 o'clock, from 7 to 8, at
that time, when you came, the
whole day (all the day, all day
long)
While (when) you were writing, I
was reading (одночасна дія)
shall
will be + V-ing
+ They will be playing chess at
this time tomorrow.
 They won’t be playing chess
at 12 p.m. tomorrow.
? Will they be playing chess at
5 p.m. tomorrow?
1) у чітко визначений час (про-
міжок часу) у майбутньому
2) довго the whole day (all the
day, all day long)
наприклад:
1) at 7 o'clock
2) from 7 to 8 tomorrow
3) at that time
would
should be + V-ing
+ He told us he would be play-
ing chess at this time next day.
 He said they wouldn’t be
playing chess at 12 p.m. next
Sunday.
? He wondered if they would
be playing chess at 5 p.m. next
Friday.
Perfect Continuous
Perfect
Дія, яка мала місце до певного
моменту часу і важливим є ре-
зультат або наслідок цієї дії.
have
has V-ed/III
+ They (He) have (has) just fin-
ished a game of chess.
 They (He) haven’t (hasn’t)
finished a game of chess yet.
? Have (Has) they (he) finished a
game of chess?
lately, recently, just, already, yet,
ever, never, so far, since 1990 (au-
tumn, August; he left school), for
ages, this week, today
had + V-ed/III
+ They had played chess before
we returned.
 They hadn’t played chess be-
fore we returned.
? Had they played chess before
she returned?
by that time, by 5 o'clock, before you
came
shall
will have + V-ed/III
+ They will have played chess by
the time mother comes.
 They won’t have played chess
by the time mother comes.
? Will they have played chess by
the time mother comes?
by 5 o'clock, by that time, by the
time you come
would
should have + Ved/III
+ He thought they would have
played chess by the time mother
came.
 He said they wouldn’t have
played chess by the time mother
came.
? He asked if they would have
played chess by the time mother
came home.
(Progressive)
Процес, який розпочався до
певного моменту, тривав пев-
ний час аж до цього моменту
(іноді навіть під час та після
цього моменту)
have
has been + V-ing
+ They (He) have (has) been
playing chess for three hours.
 They (He) haven’t (hasn’t)
been playing chess for two
hours.
? Have (Has) they (he) been
playing a game of chess for five
hours?
for an hour, for a long time,
since two o'clock
had been + V-ing
+ They had been playing chess
for three hours before I came
home.
 They had been playing chess
for three hours before I came
home.
? Had you been playing chess
for three hours when I came?
for two years, for a long time,
for... months
shall
will have been + V-ing
+ They will have been playing
for about three hours by the time
I come.
 We won’t have been playing
for three hours by the time I
come.
? Will you have been playing
chess for two hours when I
come?
for 2 hours when you return home
(вказано скільки саме тривати-
ме дія)
would
should have been + V-ing
+ He said they would have been
playing for two hours by the time
I came.
 He said they wouldn’t have
been playing for an hour by the
time I came.
? She asked if he would have
been playing chess for two hours
by 7 p.m.