Verb Tenses

the Active Voice

the Passive Voice

Adverbials

Simple Present

1-V1/do not V1   

    V1+(e)s/does not V1

am/is/are +V3               

often, always, for 2 hours every night,

once a week,

Simple Past

2- V2/did not V1

was/were +V3

2 hours ago, for 2 years, in 1990,last week, yesterday

Present progressive

(Continuous)

3- am,is,are+V1ing

am/is/are+being +V3

right now, at present, this semester, at the moment

Past progressive

(Continuous)

4- was, were + V1ing

was/were+being +V3

At ten last night, while, as, when

Present perfect

5- have,has+V3

have/has+been +V3

for, since, just, not yet, ever, never, many times, up to now, so far this semester

Past perfect

6- had +V3

had+been +V3

by the time, before, after

Present perfect progressive

7- have,has+been+V1ing

all this week, for, since, for …….now,

Past perfect progressive

8- had+been+V1ing

SVR for......... before SV2R. 

By 9:00 SVR for ……

With Modals

9- Modal (will, must...etc.)+V1

will, must...+be +V3

next week, tomorrow, now,…

Perfect Infinitive

10- should /ought to+have +V3

should /ought to+have+been +V3

Simple Future

11- will + V1

will+be +V3

1- If SV(1)R

Present Conditional

12- would +V1

would+be +V3

2-If SV(2)R

Perfect

Conditional

13- would + have+V3

would+have+been +V3

3-If SV(6/8)R

Future progressive

14- will+be+V1ing

At this same time tomorrow /all next week/in ten years' time/Tomorrow at 8.00,/

When you come, …

Future perfect

15- will+have+V3

will+have+been +V3

By the year2009

By the time SVR, SVR

Future perfect progressive

16- will+have+been+V1ing

By the year 2020 SVR for …..

-Verb tenses are tools that English speakers use to express time in their language.

-You may find that many English tenses do not have direct translations in your language.

-When the subject refers to a person or thing that does something, we use the active voice.

-The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it.