The system of english tenses
I (we) should have asked.
You (he, she, they) would have asked.
? Should I have
P e r f e c t
C o n t i n u o u s
for 2 hours, since 1856
I ( we, you, they ) have been asking.
He (she) has been asking.
? Have I been
for 2 hours, all his life, all day, for a long time, since
I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asking.
? Had I been
for 2 hours, all my life
I (we) shall have been asking.
You ( he, she, they ) will have been asking.
? Shall I have been
should / would + have + been + Ving
I (we) should have been asking.
You (he, she, they) would have been asking.
? Should I have been
Passive voice
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Present |
Past |
Future |
Future-in-the-Past |
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S i m p l e (Indefinite) |
am, is, are + V in 3 f. I am asked. He (she) is asked. We (you, they) are asked. ? Am I |
was, were + V in 3 f. I (he, she) was asked. We (you, they) were asked. ? Was I |
will / shall + to be + V in 3 f. I (we) shall be asked. He (she, you, they) will be asked. ? Shall I be |
should / would + to be + V in 3 f. I (we) should be asked. He (she, you, they) would be asked. ? Should I be |
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C o n t
i n u o u s |
am, is, are + being + V in 3 f. I am being asked. He (she) is being asked. We (you, they) are being asked. ? Am I being |
was, were + being + V in 3 f. I (he, she) was being asked. We (you, they) were being asked. ? Was I being |
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| P e r f e c t |
have / has + been + V in 3 f. I ( we, you, they ) have been asked. He (she) has been asked. ? Have I been |
had + been + V in 3 f. I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asked. ? Had I been |
shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3 f. I (we) shall have been asked. He ( she, you, they ) will have been asked. ? Shall I have been |
should / would + have + V in 3 f. I (we) should have been asked. He (she, you, they) would have been asked. ? Should I have been |
