VERB TENSES Aspect Tense Past Simple Ex: I wrote Meaning: Perfect Ex: I had written Meaning: 1.

Activity completed before another activity/time in the past (Perfect) Progressive Ex: I had been writing Meaning: 1. expresses duration of an activity that began in past before another activity and continues to some other point in past Ex: I have been writing Meaning: 1. expresses duration of an activity that began in past and continues to present Progressive Ex: I was writing Meaning:

Present

Ex: I write Meaning:

Future

Ex: I will write Im going to write

Ex: I have written Meaning: 1. finished events connected with present (i.e. achievement, completion) Action that occurred in past & has result in present 2. repetition and continuation up to now (i.e. experience) Ex: I will have written Meaning:

Ex: I am writing Meaning:

Ex: I will have been writing Meaning:

Ex: I will be writing (when ) Meaning: 1. activity in progress in the future when another activity takes place in the future/at specific time

Passive vs Active Passive O + V + (S) Active S+V+O

FORM MEANING

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