The Uses and Formation of the English Verb Tenses

THE USES AND FORMATION OF THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES

The Uses of the English Tenses

Type of Tense	Type of Action Expressed
Simple	– actions occurring at regular intervals
	– general truths, or situations existing for a period of time
	– non-continuous actions
Continuous	– continuous, ongoing actions
Perfect	– non-continuous actions completed before a certain time
Perfect Continuous	– continuous, ongoing actions completed before a certain time

The Formation of the Indicative Mood of the Active Voice

Tense	Auxiliary	Verb Form
Simple Present	do/does *	bare infinitive **
Present Continuous	am/is/are	present participle
Present Perfect	have/has	past participle
Present Perfect Continuous	have/has  been	present participle
Simple Past	did *	bare infinitive ***
Past Continuous	was/were	present participle
Past Perfect	had	past participle
Past Perfect Continuous	had been	present participle
Simple Future	will (shall) ****	bare infinitive
Future Continuous	will (shall) be	present participle
Future Perfect	will (shall) have	past participle
Future Perfect Continuous	will (shall) have been	present participle

The Formation of the Subjunctive Mood of the Active Voice

Tense	Auxiliary	Verb Form
Simple Present	do *	bare infinitive
Present Continuous	be	present participle
Present Perfect	have	past participle
Present Perfect Continuous	have been	present participle
Simple Past	did *	bare infinitive ***
Past Continuous	were	present participle
Past Perfect	had	past participle
Past Perfect Continuous	had been	present participle

The Formation of the Indicative Mood of the Passive Voice

Tense	Auxiliary	Verb Form
Simple Present	am/is/are	past participle
Present Continuous	am/is/are being	past participle
Present Perfect	have/has been	past participle
Present Perfect Continuous	have/has been being	past participle
Simple Past	was/were	past participle
Past Continuous	was/were being	past participle
Past Perfect	had been	past participle
Past Perfect Continuous	had been being	past participle
Simple Future	will (shall) **** be	past participle
Future Continuous	will (shall) be being	past participle
Future Perfect	will (shall) have been	past participle
Future Perfect Continuous	will (shall) have been being	past participle

The Formation of the Subjunctive Mood of the Passive Voice

Tense	Auxiliary	Verb Form
Simple Present	be	past participle
Present Continuous	be being	past participle
Present Perfect	have been	past participle
Present Perfect Continuous	have been being	past participle
Simple Past	were	past participle
Past Continuous	were being	past participle
Past Perfect	had been	past participle
Past Perfect Continuous	had been being	past participle

• In the Simple Present and Simple Past tenses of the Active Voice, the auxiliaries are used only for emphasis, and for the formation of questions and negative statements. Auxiliaries are never used with the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be.

** When used without the auxiliary, the third person singular of the Simple Present, in the Indicative Mood of the Active Voice, has the ending s.

*** When used without the auxiliary, the Simple Past form of the verb is used. For regular verbs, and for many irregular verbs, the Simple Past has the same form as the past participle.

**** The other modal auxiliaries could, may, might, must, should and would form conjugations in the same way as will and shall.

THE ACTIVE VOICE OF THE VERB TO SHOW

Simple Past: showed
Past Participle: shown

INDICATIVE MOOD

Simple Present	Simple Past
I show	I showed
you show	you showed
he shows	he showed
she shows	she showed
it shows	it showed
we show	we showed
they show	they showed
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
I am showing	I was showing
you are showing	you were showing
he is showing	he was showing
she is showing	she was showing
it is showing	it was showing
we are showing	we were showing
they are showing	they were showing
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
I have shown	I had shown
you have shown	you had shown
he has shown	he had shown
she has shown	she had shown
it has shown	it had shown
we have shown	we had shown
they have shown	they had shown
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
I have been showing	I had been showing
you have been showing	you had been showing
he has been showing	he had been showing
she has been showing	she had been showing
it has been showing	it had been showing
we have been showing	we had been showing
they have been showing	they had been showing
Simple Future	Simple Conjugation with Would
I will (shall) show	I would show
you will show	you would show
he will show	he would show
she will show	she would show
it will show	it would show
we will (shall) show	we would show
they will show	they would show
Future Continuous	Continuous Conjugation with Would
I will (shall) be showing	I would be showing
you will be showing	you would be showing
he will be showing	he would be showing
she will be showing	she would be showing
it will be showing	it would be showing
we will (shall) be showing	we would be showing
they will be showing	they would be showing
Future Perfect	Perfect Conjugation with Would
I will (shall) have shown	I would have shown
you will have shown	you would have shown
he will have shown	he would have shown
she will have shown	she would have shown
it will have shown	it would have shown
we will (shall) have shown	we would have shown
they will have shown	they would have shown
Future Perfect Continuous	Perfect Continuous Conjugation with Would
I will (shall) have been showing	I would have been showing
you will have been showing	you would have been showing
he will have been showing	he would have been showing
she will have been showing	she would have been showing
it will have been showing	it would have been showing
we will (shall) have been showing	we would have been showing
they will have been showing	they would have been showing

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

Simple Present	Simple Past
I show	I showed
you show	you showed
he show	he showed
she show	she showed
it show	it showed
we show	we showed
they show	they showed
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
I be showing	I were showing
you be showing	you were showing
he be showing	he were showing
she be showing	she were showing
it be showing	it were showing
we be showing	we were showing
they be showing	they were showing
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
I have shown	I had shown
you have shown	you had shown
he have shown	he had shown
she have shown	she had shown
it have shown	it had shown
we have shown	we had shown
they have shown	they had shown
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
I have been showing	I had been showing
you have been showing	you had been showing
he have been showing	he had been showing
she have been showing	she had been showing
It have been showing	it had been showing
we have been showing	we had been showing
they have been showing	they had been showing

THE VERB TO BE AND THE PASSIVE VOICE OF THE VERB TO SHOW

INDICATIVE MOOD

Simple Present	Simple Present
I am	I am shown
you are	you are shown
he is	he is shown
she is	she is shown
it is	it is shown
we are	we are shown
they are	they are shown
Present Continuous	Present Continuous
I am being	I am being shown
you are being	you are being shown
he is being	he is being shown
she is being	she is being shown
it is being	it is being shown
we are being	we are being shown
they are being	they are being shown
Present Perfect	Present Perfect
I have been	I have been shown
you have been	you have been shown
he has been	he has been shown
she has been	she has been shown
it has been	it has been shown
we have been	we have been shown
they have been	they have been shown
Present Perfect Continuous	Present Perfect Continuous
have been being	I have been being shown
you have been being	you have been being shown
he has been being	he has been being shown
she has been being	she has been being shown
it has been being	it has been being shown
we have been being	we have been being shown
they have been being	they have been being shown
Simple Past	Simple Past
I was	I was shown
you were	you were shown
he was	he was shown
she was	she was shown
it was	it was shown
we were	we were shown
they were	they were shown
Past Continuous	Past Continuous
I was being	I was being shown
you were being	you were being shown
he was being	he was being shown
she was being	she was being shown
it was being	it was being shown
we were being	we were being shown
they were being	they were being shown
Past Perfect	Past Perfect
I had been	I had been shown
you had been	you had been shown
he had been	he had been shown
she had been	she had been shown
it had been	it had been shown
we had been	we had been shown
they had been	they had been shown
Past Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
I had been being	I had been being shown
you had been being	you had been being shown
he had been being	he had been being shown
she had been being	she had been being shown
it had been being	it had been being shown
we had been being	we had been being shown
they had been being	they had been being shown
Simple Future	Simple Future
I will (shall) be	I will (shall) be shown
you will be	you will be shown
he will be	he will be shown
she will be	she will be shown
it will be	it will be shown
we will (shall) be	we will (shall) be shown
they will be	they will be shown
Future Continuous	Future Continuous
I will (shall) be being	I will (shall) be being shown
you will be being	you will be being shown
he will be being	he will be being shown
she will be being	she will be being shown
it will be being	it will be being shown
we will (shall) be being	we will (shall) be being shown
they will be being	they will be being shown
Future Perfect	Future Perfect
I will (shall) have been	I will (shall) have been shown
you will have been	you will have been shown
he will have been	he will have been shown
she will have been	she will have been shown
it will have been	it will have been shown
we will (shall) have been	we will (shall) have been shown
they will have been	they will have been shown
Future Perfect Continuous	Future Perfect Continuous
I will (shall) have been being	I will (shall) have been being shown
you will have been being	you will have been being shown
he will have been being	he will have been being shown
she will have been being	she will have been being shown
It will have been being	it will have been being shown
we will (shall) have been being	we will (shall) have been being shown
they will have been being	they will have been being shown

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

Simple Present	Simple Present
I be	I be shown
you be	you be shown
he be	he be shown
she be	she be shown
it be	it be shown
we be	we be shown
they be	they be shown
Present Continuous	Present Continuous
I be being	I be being shown
you be being	you be being shown
he be being	he be being shown
she be being	she be being shown
it be being	it be being shown
we be being	we be being shown
they be being	they be being shown
Present Perfect	Present Perfect
I have been	I have been shown
you have been	you have been shown
he have been	he have been shown
she have been	she have been shown
it have been	it have been shown
we have been	we have been shown
they have been	they have been shown
Present Perfect Continuous	Present Perfect Continuous
I have been being	I have been being shown
you have been being	you have been being shown
he have been being	he have been being shown
she have been being	she have been being shown
it have been being	it have been being shown
we have been being	we have been being shown
they have been being	they have been being shown
Simple Past	Simple Past
I were	I were shown
you were	you were shown
he were	he were shown
she were	she were shown
it were	it were shown
we were	we were shown
they were	they were shown
Past Continuous	Past Continuous
I were being	I were being shown
you were being	you were being shown
he were being	he were being shown
she were being	she were being shown
it were being	it were being shown
we were being	we were being shown
they were being	they were being shown
Past Perfect	Past Perfect
I had been	I had been shown
you had been	you had been shown
he had been	he had been shown
she had been	she had been shown
it had been	it had been shown
we had been	we had been shown
they had been	they had been shown
Past Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
I had been being	I had been being shown
you had been being	you had been being shown
he had been being	he had been being shown
she had been being	she had been being shown
it had been being	it had been being shown
we had been being	we had been being shown
they had been being	they had been being shown