THE ACTIVE PATTERNs OF TENSES

TIME
/EVEN

SIMPLE

Bare
Infinitive
PRESEN
(V1)/Additio
T
nal
Infinitive
PAST

V2

FUTURE

Will/Shall
V1

CONTINU
OUS

Is/am/are
+ V_ing

PERFECT

PERFECT
CONTINU
OUS

Have/Has
+ V3

Have/Has
+ been +
V_ing

Had +
Was/Were
Had+ V3
been +
+ V_ing
V_ing
Will/Shall + Will/Shall + Will/Shall
be + V_ing have + V3 + have +

Would/Sho Would/Sho
PAST
Would/Shou
uld be + uld + have
FUTURE
ld V1
V_ing
+ V3

been +
V_ing
Will/Shall
+ have +
been +
V_ing

THE PASSIVE PATTERNs OF TENSES

TIME
/EVEN
PRESENT

SIMPLE

CONTINU
OUS

PERFECT

PERFECT
CONTINU
OUS

Is/am/are
+ V3

Is/am/are
+ being +
V3

Have/Has
+ been +
V3

Was/Were
Was/Were
Had+ been
PAST
+ being +
+ V3
+ V3
V3
Will/Shall +
Will/Shall +
FUTURE
have +
be + V3
been + V3
Would/Sho
Would/Sho
PAST
uld + have
uld + be +
FUTURE
+ been +
V3
V3

THE NOMINAL PATTERNs OF TENSES

TIME /EVEN

SIMPLE

CONTINUOU
S

PERFECT

PERFECT
CONTINUOU
S

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

PAST
FUTURE

Have/Has +
Is/am/are +
been +
being + CA
adj/n/adv of
place
Was/Were +
Had+ been +
Was/Were +
adj/n/adv of
adj/n/adv of
being + CA
place (CS)
place
Will/Shall +
Will/Shall +
Will/Shall +
be +
have + been
be+ being +
adj/n/adv of
+ adj/n/adv of
CA
place (CS)
place
Would/Should
Would/Should
Would/Should
+ have +
+ be
+ be+ being
been +
adj/n/adv of
+ CA
adj/n/adv of
place (CS)
place
Is/am/are +
adj/n/adv of
place (CS)

COMMON NONPROGRESSIVE VERB

Have/Has +
been + being
+ CA
Had + been +
being + CA
Will/Shall +
have + been
being + CA
Would/Should
+ have +
been being +
CA

MENTAL
STATE

Know
Realize
Understan
d
recognize
EMOTIONA Love
L STATE
Like
appreciate
POSSESSIO Posess
N
SENCE
Taste*
PERCEPTIO Smell*
NS
OTHER
Seem
EXSITING
Look*
STATE
Appear*
Note :

Believe
Feel
Suppose
think

Imagine
Doubt
Remember
forget

Want
Need
Prefer
Mean

Hate
dislike

Fear
envy

Mind
Care

Have*

Own

Belong

Hear
feel*

See*

Cost
Owe
Weight*

Be*
Exist

Consist of
Contain
include

Non progressive
Progressive

: some verbs are not used in any of activities

: several verbs can be used in any activities

THE EXAMPLE :
Verb
Think
Have
Taste
Smell
See
Feel
Look
Appear
Weigh
be

Non progressive
I think he is a kind person
He has a car
This food tastes good
These flowers smell good
I see a butterfly. Do you
see it?
The cats fur feels soft
She looks cold
He appears to be assleep
A piano is heavy. It weighs
a lot
I am hungry

Progressive
I am thingking about this gramar
I am having trouble. She has having
a good time
The chef is tasting the sauce
Don is smelling the roses
The doctor is seeing a patient
Sue is feeling the cats fur
I am looking out the window
The actor is apprearing on the stage
The grocer is weighing the banana
Ton is being foolish

NOMINAL ACTION FOR PROGRESSIVE TENSES

CERTAIN ADJECTIVE CAN BE USED WITH AM/IS/ARE BEING IN PROGRESSIVE
TENSES
Bad (ill-behaved) Good
Loud
Responsible

Careful
Cruel
Fair
Foolish
Funny
Generous

Illoginal
Impolite
Irresposible
Kind
Lazy
Logical

Nice
Noisy
Patient
Plesant
Polite
quiet

Rude
Serious
Silly
Unfair
Unkind
unpleasant