The system of english tenses

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You ( he, she, they ) will You (he, she, they) would P o

have been asking. have been asking.
C ? Have I been ? Had I been ? Shall I have been ? Should I have been







P a s s i v e v o i c e



P r e s e n t P a s t F u t u r e Future-in-the-Past e
to be + V in 3 f. to be + V in 3 f. will / shall + to be + V in 3 f. should / would + to be + V in 3 f. p l
I am asked. I (he, she) was asked. I (we) shall be asked. I (we) should be asked. i m
He (she) is asked. We (you, they) were asked. He (she, you, they) will be He (she, you, they) would be S
We (you, they) are asked.
asked. asked.

? Am I ? Was I ? Shall I be ? Should I be u s
to be + being + V in 3 f. to be + being + V in 3 f.

i o
I am being asked. I (he, she) was being asked.

i n
He (she) is being asked. We (you, they) were being

o n t
We (you, they) are been asked. asked.

C
? Am I being ? Was I being



have / has + been + V in 3 f. had + been + V in 3 f. shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3 f. should / would + have + V in 3 f. f e c t
I ( we, you, they ) have been asked. I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asked. I (we) shall have been asked. I (we) should have been asked. e r
He (she) has been asked.
He ( she, you, they ) will He (she, you, they) would P


have been asked. have been asked.

? Have I been ? Had I been ? Shall I have been ? Should I have been

THE SUSTEM OF THE ENGLISH TENSES

Active voice



Present

Past

Future

Future-in-the-Past

S i m p l e

(I n d e f i n i t e)

usually, always, every day, often, sometimes, as a rule, from time to time, generally

I (you, we, they) ask.

He (she) asks.


? Do I

yesterday, last night, last week (month, year), the day before yesterday, ago

I (he, she, we, you, they) asked.


? Did I

tomorrow, in two days, the day after tomorrow, next day (week, month)

I (we) shall ask.

You (he, she, they) will ask.


? Shall I


should / would + V


I (we) should ask.

You (he, she, they) would ask.

? Should I

C o n t i n u o u s

now, at this time, at this moment


I am asking.

He (she) is asking.

You (we, they) are asking.

? Am I

from 5 till 6, all day, at that moment, at 5 o'clock yesterday

I (he, she) was asking.

You (we, they) were asking.


? Was I

at 5 o'clock tomorrow


I (we) shall be asking.

You (he, she, they) will be asking.

? Shall I be

should / would + to be + Ving


I (we) should be asking.

You (he, she, they) would be asking.

? Should I be

t o h a v e + V i n t h e 3 f o r m ( P a s t P a r t i c i p l e )
P e r f e c t

already, just, resently, ever, never, yet, since, lately, this week

I ( we, you, they ) have asked.

He (she) has asked.

? Have I

by, before, by the 1 of September last year


I (he, she, we, you, they) had asked.


? Had I

by the 1 of September next year, before the bell, by that time, by the end of the year

I (we) shall have asked.

You ( he, she, they ) will have asked.

? Shall I have

should / would + have +

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