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Tenses (Active & Passive Voice)

Present Tense

Present Indefinite

Active Voice:-

Simple S + V(1)+s/es + O He writes a book.


Negative S + Do/Does + not + V (1) + O He does not write a book
Interrogative Do/Does + S + V (1) + O +? Does he write a book?
Negatively Do/Does + S+ not + V (1) + O +? Does he not write a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + is/am/are+ V(3) + by + O of S A book is written by him.


Negative S of O + is/am/are + not + V (3) + by + O of S A book is not written by him.
Interrogative Is/Am/Are + S of O + V (3) + by + O of S +? Is a book written by him?
Negatively Is/Am/Are + S of O+ not + V (3) + by + O of S +? Is a book not written by him?
Interrogative

Present Continuous

Active Voice:-

Simple S + is/am/are +V(1)+ ing + O He is writing a book.


Negative S + is/am/are+ not + V (1)+ ing + O He is not writing a book.
Interrogative Is/Am/Are + S + V (1) +ing + O +? Is he writing a book?
Negatively Is/Am/Are+ S+ not + V (1) +ing + O +? Is he not writing a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + is/am/are +being +V(3)+ by + O of O A book is being written by him.


Negative S of O + is/am/are+ not +being + V (3)+ by + O of A book is not being written by him.
S
Interrogative Is/Am/Are + S of O +being + V (3) +by + O of S +? Is a book being written by him?
Negatively Is/Am/Are+ S of O + not +being + V (3) +by + O Is a book not being written by him?
Interrogative of S +?

Present Perfect

Active Voice:-

Simple S + has/have +V(3)+ O He has written a book.


Negative S +has/have + not + V (3)+ O He has not written a book.
Interrogative Has/Have + S + V (3) + O +? Has he written a book?
Negatively Has/Have+ S+ not + V (3) + O +? Has he not written a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + has/have +been +V(3)+by+ O of S A book Has been written by him.


Negative S of O +has/have + not +been+ V (3)+by + O of A book has not been written by him.
S
Interrogative Has/Have + S of O +been+ V (3) +by+ O of S +? Has a book been written by him?
Negatively Has/Have+ S of O+ not + been + V (3) +by+ O of Has a book not been written by him?
Interrogative S +?

Present Perfect Continuous

Active Voice:-

Simple S + has/have +been +V(1)+ing+ O + since/for He has been writing a book since morning.
+time/period
Negative S +has/have + not +been+ V (1)+ing + O + since/for He has not been writing a book since morning.
+time/period
Interrogative Has/Have + S +been+ V (1) +ing+ O + since/for Has he been writing a book since morning?
+time/period +?
Negatively Has/Have+ S+ not + been + V (1) +ing+ O + since/for Has he not been writing a book since morning?
Interrogative +time/period +?

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Tenses (Active & Passive Voice)

Note:
Present Perfect Continuous Tense has no Passive Voice.

PAST Tense

Past Indefinite

Active Voice:-

Simple S + V(2) + O He wrote a book.


Negative S + did + not + V (1) + O He did not write a book
Interrogative Did + S + V (1) + O +? Did he write a book?
Negatively Did + S+ not + V (1) + O +? Did he not write a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + was/were+ V(3) + by + O of S A book was written by him.


Negative S of O + was/were + not + V (3) + by + O of S A book was not written by him.
Interrogative Was/Were + S of O + V (3) + by + O of S +? Was a book written by him?
Negatively Was/Were+ S of O+ not + V (3) + by + O of S +? Was a book not written by him?
Interrogative

Past Continuous

Active Voice:-

Simple S + was/were +V(1)+ ing + O He was writing a book.


Negative S + was/were + not + V (1)+ ing + O He was not writing a book.
Interrogative Was/Were + S + V (1) +ing + O +? Was he writing a book?
Negatively Was/Were+ S+ not + V (1) +ing + O +? Was he not writing a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + was/were +being +V(3)+ by + O of O A book was being written by him.


Negative S of O + was/were+ not +being + V (3)+ by + O of A book was not being written by him.
S
Interrogative Was/Were + S of O +being + V (3) +by + O of S +? Was a book being written by him?
Negatively Was/Were+ S of O + not +being + V (3) +by + O Was a book not being written by him?
Interrogative of S +?

Past Perfect

Active Voice:-

Simple S + had +V(3)+ O He had written a book.


Negative S +had + not + V (3)+ O He had not written a book.
Interrogative Had + S + V (3) + O +? Had he written a book?
Negatively Had+ S+ not + V (3) + O +? Had he not written a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + had +been +V(3)+by+ O of S A book Had been written by him.


Negative S of O +had + not +been+ V (3)+by + O of S A book had not been written by him.
Interrogative Had + S of O +been+ V (3) +by+ O of S +? Had a book been written by him?
Negatively Had+ S of O+ not + been + V (3) +by+ O of S +? Had a book not been written by him?
Interrogative

Past Perfect Continuous

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Tenses (Active & Passive Voice)
Active Voice:-

Simple S + had +been +V(1)+ing+ O He had been writing a book.


Negative S +had + not +been+ V (1)+ing + O He had not been writing a book.
Interrogative Had + S +been+ V (1) +ing+ O +? Had he been writing a book?
Negatively Had+ S+ not + been + V (1) +ing+ O +? Had he not been writing a book?
Interrogative

Note:
Past Perfect Continuous Tense has no Passive Voice.

Future Tense

Future Indefinite

Active Voice:-

Simple S +will/shall+ V(1) + O He will write a book.


Negative S + will/shall + not + V (1) + O He will not write a book
Interrogative Will/Shall + S + V (1) + O +? Will he write a book?
Negatively Will/Shall + S+ not + V (1) + O +? Will he not write a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + will/shall +be + V(3) + by + O of S A book will be written by him.


Negative S of O + will/shall + not + be + V (3) + by + O of A book will not be written by him.
S
Interrogative Will/Shall + S of O +be + V (3) + by + O of S +? Will a book be written by him?
Negatively Will/Shall + S of O+ not +be + V (3) + by + O of S Will a book not be written by him?
Interrogative +?

Future Continuous

Active Voice:-

Simple S + will/shall +be + V(1)+ ing + O He will be writing a book.


Negative S + will/shall + not +be + V (1)+ ing + O He will not be writing a book.
Interrogative Will/Shall + S +be+ V (1) +ing + O +? Will he be writing a book?
Negatively Will/Shall + S+ not +be + V (1) +ing + O +? Will he not be writing a book?
Interrogative

Note:
Future Continuous Tense has no Passive Voice.

Future Perfect

Active Voice:-

Simple S + will/shall +have +V(3)+ O He will have written a book.


Negative S + will/shall +have + not + V (3)+ O He will not have written a book.
Interrogative Will/Shall + S +have + V (3) + O +? Will he have written a book?
Negatively Will/Shall + S+ not +have + V (3) + O +? Will he not have written a book?
Interrogative

Passive Voice:-

Simple S of O + will/shall +have +been +V(3)+by+ O of A book will have been written by him.
S
Negative S of O + will/shall + not +have + been+ V (3)+by A book will have not been written by him.
+ O of S

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Tenses (Active & Passive Voice)
Interrogative Will/Shall + S of O +have +been+ V (3) +by+ O of Will a book have been written by him?
S +?
Negatively Will/Shall + S of O+ not +have + been + V (3) Will a book not have been written by him?
Interrogative +by+ O of S +?

Future Perfect Continuous

Active Voice:-

Simple S + will/shall +have +been +V(1)+ing+ O He will have been writing a book.
Negative S + will/shall +have + not +been+ V (1)+ing + O He will not have been writing a book.
Interrogative Will/Shall + S +have +been+ V (1) +ing+ O +? Will he have been writing a book?
Negatively Will/Shall + S+ not +have + been + V (1) +ing+ O +? Will he not have been writing a book?
Interrogative

Note:
Future Perfect Continuous Tense has no Passive Voice.

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