THE SYSTEM OF THE ENGLISH TENSES

Active voice

	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. ? Have I been	had + been + V in 3 f. I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asked. ? Had I been	shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3 f. I (we) shall have been asked. He ( she, you, they )  will have been asked. ? Shall I have been	should / would + have + V in 3 f. I (we) should have been asked. He (she, you, they) would have been asked. ? Should I have been