Grammar
SIMPLE | CONTINUOUS | PERFECT | |
P R E S E N T | Usually, always, seldom, every …, often, etc. + I, we, you, they V1 He, she, it Vs x do not V1 = don’t V1 does not V1 = doesn’t V1 ? Do/ Does V1 ? Who Vs ? Passive: am/ is/ are V3/ Ved | Now + I am Ving He, she, it is Ving We, you, they are Ving x am not Ving is not Ving = isn’t Ving are not Ving = aren’t Ving ? Am/ is/ are Ving ? Who isVing ? Passive: am/ is/ are being V3/ Ved | Already, just, yet, ever, since, lately, today ,this, lately + I, we, you, they have V3/ Ved He, she, it has V3/ Ved x have not V3/ Ved = haven’t V3/Ved has not V3/Ved = hasn’t V3/ Ved ? Have/ has V3/ Ved ? Who has V3/ Ved ? Passive: have/ has been V3/ Ved |
P A S T | Yesterday, …ago, last…, in 1990 + V2/ Ved x did not V1 = didn’t V1 ? Did V1 ? Who V2/ Ved ? Passive: was/ were V3/ Ved | At that time yesterday, from… till (to), the whole … yesterday + I, he, she, it was Ving We, you, they were Ving x was not Ving = wasn’t Ving were not Ving = weren’t Ving ? Was/ were V ing ? Who was Ving ? Passive: was/ were being V3/ Ved | By… + had V3/ Ved x had not V3/ Ved = hadn’t V3/ Ved ? Had V3/ Ved ? Who had V3/ Ved ? Passive: had been V3/ Ved |
F U T U R E | Tomorrow, next …, in…, in 2090 + I, we shall V1 You, he, she, it, they will V1 x shall not V1 = shan’t V1 will not V1 = won’t V1 ? Shall/ will V1 ? Who will V1 ? Passive: shall/ will be V3/ Ved | At this time tomorrow, the whole… tomorrow + I, we shall be Ving You, he, she, it, they will be Ving x shall not be Ving = shan’t be Ving will not be Ving = won’t be Ving ? Shall/ will be Ving ? Who will be Ving ? No passive! | By… ( tomorrow) + I, we shall have V3/ Ved You, he, she, it, they will have V3/ Ved x shall not have V3/Ved = shan’t have V3/ Ved will not have V3/ Ved = won’t have V3/ Ved ? Shall/ will have V3/ Ved ? Who will have V3/ Ved ? Passive: shall/ will have been V3/ Ved |
