English Tenses Timeline Chart

English Tenses Timeline Chart This timeline tenses chart provides a handy reference sheet to English tenses and their relationship to one another and the past, present and future. Conjugated verbs are highlighted in bold. Tenses which are rarely used in everyday conversation are marked by an asterik (*). SIMPLE SIMPLE ACTIVE PASSIVE TIMELINE PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS / CONTINUOUS ACTIVE PASSIVE PAST TIME The painting had been eaten when sold twice I arrived. was destroyed. The book was new car last written in week. Frank Smith. ^ | | | | ^ | PAST PERFECT | | ^ | PAST | | I had been waiting for four hours when he finally arrived. I was watching TV when she arrived. The house had been being painted for over a month before they began to decorate the interior. * The problem was being solved when I arrived late for class. She has lived in California for many The company has been managed ^ | PRESENT She has been working at Johnson`s for six months. The students have been being taught for the last four hours. * years. by Fred Jones for the last two years. PERFECT | | He works five days a week. Those shoes are made in Italy. ^ | PRESENT | | I am working at the moment. The work is being done by Jim. | | PRESENT MOMENT | | | The reports are FUTURE They are going to going to be INTENTION fly to New York completed by the | tomorrow. | V marketing department. The sun willThe food tomorrow. brought | FUTURE SIMPLE | | V She will be teaching tomorrow at six o`clock. The rolls will be being baked at two. * I will have The project She will have The house will completed will have | been working have been being the course been FUTURE here for two years built for six by the end of next week. finished by tomorrow afternoon. PERFECT | | V FUTURE TIME | | | | V by the end of next month. months by the time they finish. * ... - slideshare.vn