Categories: All - tenses - perfect - auxiliary - continuous

by Renata Herrera Barreiro 4 years ago

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Tense Review

The text provides an organized review of English verb tenses, categorizing them into active and passive forms. It covers the perfect, simple, and continuous aspects of past, present, and future tenses, detailing the structure and auxiliary verbs involved.

Tense Review

Tense Review

Passive

Mexico had been discovered long before the colonization.

The wall has been destroyed.

Auxiliary: Have been, has been.

The phone was being fixed.

The class is being taught by the teacher.

Auxiliary: Is, are + Verb -ing.

The song will be performed by him.

Auxiliary: Will be.

The book was written by me.

Auxiliary: Was, were.

The house is painted every year.

Auxiliary: Is, are.

Active

Perfect

Future perfect continuous

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

Auxiliary: Will have been + Verb -ing.

Past perfect continuous

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

Auxiliary: Had been + Verb -ing.

Present perfect continuous

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

Auxiliary: Have/Has been + Verb -ing.

Future perfect simple

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

Auxiliary: Will have been.

Past perfect simple

Had slept, had swum, had talked.

Auxiliary: Had been.

Present perfect simple

Have slept, have swum, have talked.

Auxiliary: Have, has.

Non-Perfect
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Continuous

Future continuous

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

Auxiliary: Will be + Verb -ing.

Past continuous

Was sleeping, was swimming, was talking.

Auxiliary: Was, were + Verb -ing.

Present continuous

Is sleeping, is swimming, is talking.

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

Simple

Future simple

Will sleep, will swim, will talk.

Auxiliary: Will.

Past simple

Slept, swam, talked.

Auxiliary: did (Was, were).

Present simple

Sleep, swim, talk.

Auxiliary: do, does (Is, are.)