The system of english tenses

THE SUSTEM OF THEENGLISH TENSESActivevoice 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 V in 3 f. 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 Present Past Future Future-in-the-Past 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 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 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

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