Verb

Tense

Voice

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Tense

Simple Tense Perfect Tense Progressive Tense Perfect progressive

Simple Tense Present Ex. He does it. Past Ex. He did it. Future Ex. He will do it.

Perfect Tense Present Ex. He has done it. Past Ex. He had done it. Future Ex. He will have done it.

Progressive Tense Present Ex. He is doing it. Past Ex. He was doing it. Future Ex. He will be doing it

Present progressive Present perfect progressive Ex. He has been writing a letter for two hours. (till now) Past perfect progressive Ex. He had been writing a letter for two hours.

Voice

Active / Passive Verb Form

Active Form Subject + active verb + object Ex. The professor teaches the student

Passive Form Subject + active verb + object Subject + be participle of verb + by + Ex. The students are taught by the professor

Voice Tense Active/Passive TenseActivePassive PresentI do it..It is done by me. PastI did it..It was done by me. FutureI will do it.It will be done by me. Present perfectI have done it..It has been done by me. Past perfectI had done it.It had been done by me.

Future perfectI will have done it. It will have been done by me for two days. Present progressive I am doing it.It is being done by me. Past progressiveI was doing it.It was being done by me.

Notice Can both of the transitive verbs and the intransitive verbs be used in the active voice and the passive voice? Ex. I lay on the desk. (intransitive) On the desk was lain by me. F

Ex. I laid a book on the desk. (transitive) A book was laid on the desk by me. T

Coherence Ex. I love him. He is loved by me. Ex. I loved him. He was loved by me. Ex. I will love him. He will be loved by me.

Adapted from Good Grammar