All English Tenses

|ALL ENGLISH TENSES |
|ACTIVE |PASSIVE |
|1.PRESENT SIMPLE |
|FORM: S+V(s,es,ies)+O |FORM: S+am/is/are+V3+… |
|Ex: He writes a letter. |Ex: It is stolen. |
|Ex: She washes her face every morning. |Ex: He is captured by police. |
|2.PRESENT CONTINUEOUS |
|FORM: S+am/is/are+Ving+O |FORM: S+am/is/are+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: She is watching TV. |Ex: My advice is being ignored. |
|Ex: I am doing homework. |Ex: The balls are being fell. |
|3.PRESENT PERFECT |
|FORM:S+HAVE/HAS+V3+O |FORM: S+HAVE/HAS+BEEN+V3+… |
|Ex: I have seen this film since 1979. |Ex: HIV patients have been taken care. |
|4.PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|FORM: S+HAVE/HAS+BEEN+Ving+O |FORM: S+HAVE/HAS+BEEN+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: I have been working here for 10 years. |Ex: My car has been being repaired all day. (not common). |
|Ex: He has been studying at BELTEI for 3 years. | |
|5.PAST SIMPLE |
|FORM: S+V2+O |FORM: S+WAS/WERE+V3+… |
|Ex: I went out last night. |Ex: They were asked by the police last week. |
|6.PAST CONTINUOUS |
|FORM: S+WAS/WERE+Ving+O |FORM: S+WAS/WERE+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: She was sitting on the chair. |Ex: I was being looked after. |
|Ex: I was reading the books. |Ex: He was being stolen. |
|7.PAST PERFECT SIMPLE |
|FORM: S+HAD+V3+O |FORM: S+HAD+BEEN+V3+… |
|Ex: Everyone had loved her. |Ex: She had been sacked. |
|8.PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|FORM: S+HAD+BEEN+Ving+O |FORM: S+HAD+BEEN+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: He had been lying on the bed. |Ex: My motorbike had been being repaired. |
|9.FUTURE SIMPLE |
|FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+Vinfinitive+...; |FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+BE+V3+… |
|OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+V1… |OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+BE+V3… |
|Ex: I will try to study hard. |Ex: The buildings will be destroyed. |
|10.FUTURE CONTINUOUS |
|FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+BE+Ving+…; |FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+BE+BEING+V3+…; |
|OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+BE+Ving+… |OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+BE+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: I will be living soon. |Ex: My car will be being repaired tomorrow. |
|Ex: She is going to be betraying someday. | |
|11.FUTURE PERFECT |
|FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+HAVE+V3+…; |FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+HAVE+BEEN+V3+…; |
|OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+HAVE+V3+… |OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+HAVE+BEEN+V3… |
|Ex: They will have forgotten you. |Ex: By the end of the year, ten projects will have been |
|Ex: She is going to have had a baby. |approved. |
|12.FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+HAVE+BEEN+Ving+...; |FORM: S+WILL/SHALL+HAVE+BEEN+BEING+V3…; |
|OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+HAVE+BEEN+Ving… |OR S+am/is/are+GOING TO+HAVE+BEEN+BEING+V3+… |
|Ex: By March, I will have been doing this job for 6 |Ex: My bike will have been being repaired tomorrow. ’’ Very|
|years. |rare’’ |

Prepared by Hang Panha
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|USAGES OF ENGLISH TENSES |
|1.PRESENT SIMPLE |
|1. A habitual action. => I run every |
|morning. |
|2. A general fact. =>The sun rises|
|in the east. |
|3. Future timetables. => The ticket |
|office opens at 9:00 |
|2.PRESENT CONTINUOUS |
|1. An activity that is in progress at the moment => Mary is watching TV now. |
|2 A general activity the takes place => I’m training for |
|Olympics. |
|this week, this month, or this year. |
|3. Future arrangements. => I’m going to |
|England next week. |
|3.PRESENT PERFECT |
|1. An action that happened at an unspecified => I have seen him on TV. |
|time in the past. |
|2. An action that has just happened recently. => She has just gone out. |
|3. An action that began in the past and => He has trained for 2 years. |
|Continues to the present. |
|(usually use with ‘’For’’ or ‘’Since’’) |
|4. Repetition of an action before now. => He has been to the Korea |
|several times. |
|4.PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|1. Expressing the duration that began => John has been swimming for 2|
|hours. |
|in the past and continues to the present. |
|5.PAST SIMPLE |
|1. An action that began and ended at a => We won a gold medal last |
|year. |
|specific time in the past. |
|2. An action that occurred over a period of => She skated for 15 years. |
|time and was completed in the past. |
|3. An activity that took place regularly in the past. => She trained every morning before |
|work. |
|6.PAST CONTINUOUS |
|1. An interrupted action. => I was watching TV, |
|when he walked in. |
|2. A repeated or continuous state in the past. => I was making many friends at |
|USA. |
|7.PAST PERFECT |
|1. A past action that happened before => She had just left when I |
|arrived there. |
|another action in the past. |
|2. An action that was expected to occur in the past => I had hoped to get their decision before |
|now. |
|8.PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|1. Expressing duration of action happened before => She had been competing for 6 years |
|another action in the past year. before she tried out for |
|Olympics. |
|2. An action happened recently before other action => He looked tired because he had been |
|in the past. running for 6 hours. |
|9.FUTURE SIMPLE |
|WILL: 1.Predicting S.TH that will happen in the future => You’ll win the race. I know it. |
|2.Expressing willingness to do something. => I will go with you if you like. |
|3.Making decision at the time of speaking => I’ll call you in a few minutes. |
|GOING TO:1.Expressing the prior plan. => My Mom’s going to China next week.|
|2.Prediction S.TH the will occur in the future. => I’m gonna win. I know it. |
|10.FUTURE CONTINUOUS |
|1. An action that will continue at particular time in the future. => This time tomorrow I’ll be studying. |
|11.FUTURE PERFECT |
|1. An action that will be completed before a particular => By next June I will have participated |
|in |
|time in the future. Four Olympics. |
|12.FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
|1. Expressing the duration that has occurred before a => By next May I will have been training at|
|a specific time in the future. at this gym for 11 |
|years. |

Prepared by Hang Panha
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