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====Perfect <span style="color:#777;">Continuous / Progressive</span> / <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#600;">have + been + ''-ing''</span>====
 
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Revision as of 15:34, 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

  • am doing
  • is doing
  • are doing

Perfect / have + -en

  • have done
  • has done

Perfect Continuous / Progressive / have + been + -ing

Passive

state: be + -en

change of state: get + -en

Future

Active

Modal: will + V

will + bare present infinitive

  • The meeting will be on Tuesday.

Modal: will + have + -en

will + bare past infinitive

  • We will have finished by Tuesday.