- Various types of tences
| Simple | Progressive | Perfect |
Perfect progressive
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present |
1
|
4
|
7
|
10
|
Past
|
2
|
5
|
8
|
11
|
Future
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
12
|
A) Active-sing a song
1 Simple present
I sing a song
We sing a song
You sing a song
He/She sings a song
They sing a song
2 Simple past
I sang a song
We sang a song
You sang a song
He/She sang a song
They sang a song
3 Simple future
I shall sing a song
We shall sing a song
You will sing a song
He/She will sing a song
They will sing a song
4 Present progressive
I am singing a song
We are singing a song
You are singing a song
He/She is singing a song
They are singing a song
5 Past progressive
I was singing a song
We were singing a song
You were singing a song
He/She was singing a song
They were singing a song
6 Future progressive
I shall be singing a song
We shall be singing a song
You will be singing a song
He/She will singing a song
They will be singing a song
7 Present perfect
I have sung a song
We have sung a song
You have sung a song
He/She has sung a song
They have sung a song
8 Past perfect
I had sung a song
We had sung a song
You had sung a song
He/She had sung a song
They had sung a song
9 Future perfect
I shall have sung a song
We shall have sung a song
You will have sung a song
He/She will have sung a song
They will have sung a song
10 Present perfect progressive
I have been singing a song
We have been singing a song
You have been singing a song
He/She has been singing a song
They have been singing a song
11 Past perfect progressive
I had been singing a song
We had been singing a song
You had been singing a song
He/She had been singing a song
They had been singing a song
12 Future perfect progressive
I shall be singing a song
We shall be singing a song
You will be singing a song
He/She will be singing a song
They will be singing a song
B) Passive-I am beaten
1 Simple present
I am beaten by them
We are beaten by them
You are beaten by them
He/She is beaten by them
They are beaten by them
2 Simple past
I was beaten by them
We were beaten by them
You were beaten by them
He/She was beaten by them
They were beaten by them
3 Simple future
I shall be beaten by them
We shall be beaten by them
You will be beaten by them
He/She will be beaten by them
They will be beaten by them
4 Present progressive
I am being beaten by them
We are being beaten by them
You are being beaten by them
He/She is being beaten by them
They are being beaten by them
5 Past progressive
I was being beaten by them
We were being beaten by them
You were being beaten by them
He/She was being beaten by them
They were being beaten by them
6 Future progressive
I shall be being beaten by them
We shall be being beaten by them
You will be being beaten by them
He/She will be being beaten by them
They will be being beaten by them
7 Present perfect
I have been beaten by them
We have been beaten by them
You have been beaten by them
He/She has been beaten by them
They have been beaten by them
8 Past perfect
I had been beaten by them
We had been beaten by them
You had been beaten by them
He/She had been beaten by them
They had been beaten by them
9 Future perfect
I shall have been beaten by them
We shall have been beaten by them
You will have been beaten by them
He/She will have been beaten by them
They will have been beaten by them
10 Present perfect progressive (rarely used)
I have been being beaten by them
We have been being beaten by them
You have been being beaten by them
He/She has been being beaten by them
They have been being beaten by them
11 Past perfect progressive (rarely used)
I had been being beaten by them
We had been being beaten by them
You had been being beaten by them
He/She had been being beaten by them
They had been being beaten by them
12 Future perfect progressive (rarely used)
I shall have been being beaten by them
We shall have been being beaten by them
You will have been being beaten by them
He/She will have been being beaten by them
They will have been being beaten by them
- What is modal verb-verbs like can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would
- What is gerund-noun that made by adding -ing to the verb, e.g., reading, playing, running etc.
- What is infinitive-There are 2 types, i)full infinitive, i.e., to. ii)bare infinitive, i.e., must, may can. All the infinitive would be followed by a basic dictionary form of verb.
- Types of verb-i)Normal verb, non continuous verb and mixed verb ii)transitive versus intransitive
- Types of article-definite (the) and indefinite (a, an)
- What is adverb-a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb
