SIMPLE
ACTIVE
PRESENT
(do)
(does)
ⱱ /s
My son always asks a lot of
questions.
(did)
PAST
ⱱ/2
Yesterday I asked him a
question, but he didn’t
answer.
FUTURE
will
ⱱ
I will merry you, trust me.
CONTINUOUS
am
is
are
PERFECT
ⱱ
ing
Switch off the TV, I am trying to
study here!
was
were
ⱱ
ing
What were you doing when I
called you yesterday?
will
be
ⱱ
ing
Tomorrow I will be studying for
my exam almost all day long.
have
has
ⱱ3
Have you been to the USA?
had
ⱱ3
When we arrived at the party,
everyone had already gone home.
will have
ⱱ3
I will have finished the project by
Friday.
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
have been
has been
ⱱ
ing
I have been studying French for two
months now.
had been
ⱱ
ing
The police had been asking them
questions for an hour before they
confessed.
will have
been
ⱱ
ing
We will have been working together
for 10 years this September.
SIMPLE
PASSIVE
PRESENT
am
is
are
CONTINUOUS
ⱱ3
I am usually asked many
questions
PAST
was
were
ⱱ3
FUTURE
be
are
being
ⱱ3
I am being asked some questions now.
Yesterday I was asked a
question.
will
am
is
was
were
being
ⱱ3
I was being asked some questions by the
police when you called.
ⱱ
3
This question won’t be asked
again.
NOT USED
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
have
has
been
ⱱ3
NOT USED
You have been asked a question, please
answer.
had
been
ⱱ
3
NOT USED
She had been asked that question twice
before she explained everything.
will have
been
ⱱ
You won’t have been sent home till you
answer all our questions by midnight.
3
NOT USED