Tense Review

Active

Non-Perfect

Simple

Present simple

Auxiliary: do, does (Is, are.)

Sleep, swim, talk.

Past simple

Auxiliary: did (Was, were).

Slept, swam, talked.

Future simple

Auxiliary: Will.

Will sleep, will swim, will talk.

Continuous

Present continuous

Auxiliary: am, is, are + Verb -ing.

Is sleeping, is swimming, is talking.

Past continuous

Auxiliary: Was, were + Verb -ing.

Was sleeping, was swimming, was talking.

Future continuous

Auxiliary: Will be + Verb -ing.

Will be sleeping, will be swimming, will be talking.

Subtopic

Perfect

Simple

Present perfect simple

Auxiliary: Have, has.

Have slept, have swum, have talked.

Past perfect simple

Auxiliary: Had been.

Had slept, had swum, had talked.

Future perfect simple

Auxiliary: Will have been.

Will have slept, will have swum, will have talked.

Continuous

Present perfect continuous

Auxiliary: Have/Has been + Verb -ing.

Have been sleeping, have been swimming, have been talking.

Past perfect continuous

Auxiliary: Had been + Verb -ing.

Had been sleeping, had been swimming, had been talking.

Future perfect continuous

Auxiliary: Will have been + Verb -ing.

Will have been sleeping, will have been swimming, will have been talking.

Passive

Non-Perfect

Simple

Present simple

Auxiliary: Is, are.

The house is painted every year.

Past simple

Auxiliary: Was, were.

The book was written by me.

Future simple

Auxiliary: Will be.

The song will be performed by him.

Continuous

Present continuous

Auxiliary: Is, are + Verb -ing.

The class is being taught by the teacher.

Past continuous

Auxiliary: Was, were + Verb -ing.

The phone was being fixed.

Subtopic

Perfect

Simple

Present perfect simple

Auxiliary: Have been, has been.

The wall has been destroyed.

Past perfect simple

Auxiliary: Had been.

Mexico had been discovered long before the colonization.

Future perfect simple

Auxiliary: Will have been.