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Revision as of 14:42, 4 October 2020

Grammatical structures in English permitting the divvying up of time/aspect/voice & mode.

Present

Active

Simple

Continuous / Progressive / be + -ing

Perfect / have + -en

Perfect Continuous / Progressive / have + been + -ing

Passive

state: be + -en

  • am
  • is
  • are

change of state: get + -en

  • get
  • gets

Past

Active

Simple

Continuous / Progressive / be + -ing

Perfect / have + -en

Perfect Continuous / Progressive / have + been + -ing

Passive

state: be + -en

change of state: get + -en

Future

Active

Modal: Will + present infinitive

The meeting will be on Tuesday.

Modal: will + past/perfect infinitive

We will have finished by Tuesday.