Active Voice Time Table

2024 Author: Angel Austin | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:14

For many beginners to learn English, and in particular English grammar, one has to face a lot of difficulties and bewilderment. "How is it, there are only three tenses - present, past and future!" they exclaim when they learn that there are only four tenses in this language - four present tenses, four past tenses and four future tenses.

And this is only the Active Voice. That is, there is a fairly voluminous layer of information to study. For a better understanding and mastering of the material, it is necessary to compile a summary in which all forms will be reflected.

All active tenses

	Simple Simple	Progressive Long-lasting	Perfect Perfect	Perfect Progressive Perfect Continuous
Present Tense Present	every day, regularly, constantly. verbin I form or with the ending -s. auxiliary verbs DO/DOES	action at this point in time, now; to be (present tense) + verb + ing	completed, but the result is in the present; have (present tense) + III form verb	started in the past, lasted some time and hasn't ended yet; have in present tense + been + verb ending -ing
Past Tense Past tense	one-time action in the past (yesterday, last week, last year); verb in Ii form or ending -ed; auxiliary verb did	prolonged action in the past; to be (past tense) + verb + ing	prepast tense; have (past tense) + III form verb	started in the past, lasted some time and ended at some point in the past; have in past tense + been + verb ending -ing
Future Tense Future tense	tomorrow, next week, next year; will + verb in I form	prolonged action in the future; to be (future tense) + verb + ing	will end at some point in the future; have (in the futuretense) + verb in III form	a long time that started in the past and will end at a certain point in the future; have in future tense + been + verb ending -ing

At the initial stage of learning, making an Active Voice table that you can quickly navigate through plays a big role. This is important for the speed of understanding the construction of correct sentences.

Active Voice - examples

To better understand the material, it is necessary to consider examples of the use of the active voice. Also, to consolidate the material, you need to try to make similar sentences yourself.

Let's look at examples of using Active Voice:

My brother has been speaking French since he was 3 (Present Perfect Continuous). - My brother has been speaking French since he was three years old.
My parents were waiting for me when I came yesterday (Past Continuous + Past Simple). - My parents were waiting for me when I arrived yesterday.
I will go to museum in Paris next week (Future Simple). - I'm going to a museum in Paris next week.
What are you doing now? (Present Continuous) - What are you doing now?
I had done all my work before they came (Past Perfect). - I did all the work before they came.

Exercise for times

On Active Voice in English, it is important to practice by doing certain exercises:

Definethe time at which the sentences were used. Translate them into Russian:

I am talking about my future.
Does your mother work as a nurse?
My father has rescued this boy from fire.
She has been studying in this school for 2 years.
I had finished the article before you came.

2. Translate into English:

When Grandma came home yesterday, she was in for a surprise.
The workers will finish this work by Tuesday.
I lost my phone and can't call anyone.

Active Voice Present - table

For a full and easy study of the active voice in English, by analogy, you can make such a table for each group of tenses (past, future).

The following is a summary of the four forms of active voice tenses - Active Voice Present.

Simple

Progressive

Long-lasting

Perfect

Perfect Progressive

Perfect Continuous

Present Tense

Present

Used when it comes to actions that are performed regularly, constantly. Common Facts.

Pointer words: usually (usually), sometimes (sometimes), often (often), always (always), every day/month/year (every day/month/year).

Education:

1) affirmative sentence:verb in 1st form or verb with -s ending (only 3rd person singular);

2) negative sentence: using the auxiliary verbs do or does (only for the 3rd person, singular) and the particle not. Semantic verb in the first form;

3) interrogative sentence: with the help of auxiliary verbs do or does (only for the 3rd person, singular), which are placed at the beginning of the sentence. The semantic verb is also in the first form.

Example:

+ My sister speaks two foreign languages.

- My sister does not speak two foreign languages.

? Does my sister speak two foreign languages?

Used when the action is happening while the speaker is speaking.

Words-pointers: now (now), at that moment (at the moment).

Education:

1) affirmative sentence: the verb to be in the correct form + the verb with the ending -ing;

2) negative sentence: particle not is added to the verb to be + verb ending -ing;

3) interrogative sentence: the verb to be comes first.

Example:

+ I am speaking about my future now.