The English Tenses System

Active Voice
Aspect
Tense
Simple Continuous Perfect Simple Perfect Continuous
Present
+ S + Inf
S + dont / doesnt + Inf
? Do / Does + S + Inf
+ S + am/are/is + V-ing
S + am not / arent / isnt + V-
ing
? Am/Are/Is + S + V-ing
+ S + have / has + V3
S + havent / hasnt + V3
? Have / Has + S + V3
+ S + have / has + been + V-ing
S + havent / hasnt + been +
V-ing
? Have / Has + S + been + Ving
Past
+ S + V-ed / V2
S + didnt + Inf
? Did + S + Inf
+ S + was/were + V-ing
S + wasnt/werent + V-ing
? Was/Were + S + V-ing
+ S + had + V3
S + hadnt + V3
? Had + S + V3
+ S + had + been + V-ing
S + hadnt + been + V-ing
? Had + S + been + Ving
Future
+ S + wi / sha + Inf
S + wont / shant + Inf
? Wi / Sha + S + Inf
+ S + wi be / sha be + V-ing
S + wont be / shant be + V-
ing
? Wi / Sha + S + be + V-ing
+ S + wi have / sha have + V3
S + wont have / shant have +
V3
? Wi / Sha + S + have + V3
+ S + wi/sha + have + been +
V-ing
S + wont/shant + have + been
+ V-ing
? Wi/Sha + S + have + been +
Ving
Future-in-the-Past
+ S + wo!d / sho!d + Inf
S + wo!dnt / sho!dnt + Inf
? Wo!d / Sho!d + S + Inf
+ S + wo!d be / sho!d be + V-
ing
S + wo!dnt be / sho!dnt be
+ V-ing
? Wo!d / Sho!d + S + be + V-
ing
+ S + wo!d have / sho!d have +
V3
S + wo!dnt have / sho!dnt
have + V3
? Wo!d / Sho!d + S + have +
V3
+ S + wo!d/so!d + have + been
+ V-ing
S + wo!dnt/sho!dnt + have +
been + V-ing
? Wo!d/Sho!d + S + have +
been + Ving
The English Tenses System
Passive Voice
be + V be + V
Aspect
Tense
Simple Continuous Perfect Simple Perfect Continuous
Present
+ S + am/are/is + V3
S + am not / arent / isnt + V3
? Am/Are/Is + S + V3
+ S + am/are/is + being + V3
S + am not / arent / isnt +
being + V3
? Am/Are/Is + S + being + V3
+ S + have / has + been + V3
S + havent / hasnt + been +
V3
? Have / Has + S + been + V3
+ S + have / has + been + being +
V3
S + havent / hasnt + been +
being + V3
? Have / Has + S + been + being
+ V3
Past
+ S + was/were + V3
S + wasnt / werent + V3
? Was + S + V3
+ S + was/were + being + V3
S + wasnt / werent + being +
V3
? Was/Were + S + being + V3
+ S + had + been + V3
S + hadnt + been + V3
? Had + S + been + V3
+ S + had + been + being + V3
S + hadnt + been + being + V3
? Had + S + been + being + V3
Future
+ S + wi/sha + be + V3
S + wont/shant + be + V3
? Wi/ Sha + S + be + V3
+ S + wi/sha + be + being +
V3
S + wont/shant + be + being +
V3
? Wi/Sha + S + be + being +
V3
+ S + wi/sha +have been + V3
S + wont/shant + have been +
V3
? Wi/Sha + S + have been +
V3
+ S + wi/sha +have been +
being + V3
S + wont/shant + have been +
being + V3
? Wi/Sha + S + have been +
being + V3
Future-in-the-Past
+ S + wo!d/sho!d + be + V3
S + wo!dnt/sho!dnt + be +
V3
? Wo!d/Sho!d + S + be + V3
+ S + wo!d/sho!d + be + being
+ V3
S + wo!dnt/sho!dnt + be +
being + V3
+ S + wo!d/sho!d +have been +
V3
S + wo!dnt/sho!dnt + have
been + V3
+ S + wo!d/sho!d +have been +
being + V3
S + wo!dnt/sho!dnt + have
been + being + V3
? Wo!d/Sho!d + S + be + being
+ V3
? Wo!d/Sho!d + S + have been
+ V3
? Wo!d/Sho!d + S + have been
+ being + V3
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