Tuesday 10 December 2013

English Grammar- Tense Usage....


 Schools days stuff..... 

                                                             Present Tense

Voice
Simple Present
Tense
Simple Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Active form
Subject singular (I or You)

Verb + 's' or 'es' plural verb only
Is/am/are  + 'ing' form
Has/have + past participle
Has/have been + 'ing' form
Active eg:-
He writes a letter
He is writing a letter
He has written a letter
He has been writing a letter
Passive form
Is/am/are + past participle
is/am/are being + past participle
has/have been + past participle
Nil
Passive eg:-
A letter is written by him.
A letter is being written by him.
A letter has been written by him
Nil
Active eg:-
They dig well.
They are digging a well.
They have dug a well.
They have been digging  a well.
Passive eg:-
A well is dug by them.
A well is being dug by them.
A well has been dug by them.
Nil
Active eg:-
I drive cars.
I am driving cars.
I have driven cars.
I have been driving cars.
Passive eg:-
The cars are driven by me.
The cars are being driven by me.
The cars have been driven by me.
Nil

  
                                                                      Past Tense

Voice
Simple Past
Tense
Simple Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Active form
Past tense of the verb.
was/were  + 'ing' form
had + past participle
had been + 'ing' form
Active eg:-
He wrote a letter
He was writing a letter
He had written a letter
He had been writing a letter
Passive form
Was/were + past participle
Was/were being + past participle
had been + past participle
Nil
Passive eg:-
A letter was written by him.
A letter was being written by him.
A letter had been written by him
Nil
Active eg:-
They dig well.
They were digging a well.
They had dug a well.
They had been digging  a well.
Passive eg:-
A well was dug by them.
A well was being dug by them.
A well had been dug by them.
Nil
Active eg:-
I drove cars.
I was driving cars.
I had driven cars.
I had been driving cars.
Passive eg:-
The cars were driven by me.
The cars were being driven by me.
The cars had been driven by me.
Nil

                                                             Future Tense

Voice
Simple Future
Tense
Simple Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Active form
Shall/will + present tense of the verb.
Shall be/will be + 'ing' form
Shall have/will  have + past participle
Shall have been /will  have been + 'ing' form
Active eg:-
He will write a letter
He will be writing a letter
He will have  written a letter
He will have  been writing a letter
Passive form
Shall be/will be + past participle
Shall be being/will be being + past participle
Shall/will have been + past participle
Nil
Passive eg:-
A letter will be written by him.
A letter will be  being written by him.
A letter will have been written by him
Nil
Active eg:-
They will dig a well.
They will be digging a well.
They will have dug a well.
They will have been digging  a well.
Passive eg:-
A well will be dug by them.
A well being dug by them.
A well shall have been dug by them.
Nil
Active eg:-
I shall drive cars.
I shall be driving cars.
I shall have driven cars.
I shall have been driving cars.
Passive eg:-
The cars will be  driven by me.
The cars will  being driven by me.
The cars will have been driven by me.
Nil



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