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Present
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Past
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Future
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Future-in-the-Past
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S i m p l e
(I n d e f i n i t e)
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usually,
always, every day, often, sometimes, as a rule, from time to time, generally
I (you,
we, they) ask.
He (she)
asks.
? Do I
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yesterday,
last night, last week (month, year), the day before yesterday, ago
I (he,
she, we, you, they) asked.
? Did I
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tomorrow,
in two days, the day after tomorrow, next day (week, month)
I (we)
shall ask.
You (he,
she, they) will ask.
? Shall I
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should
/ would + V
I (we)
should ask.
You (he,
she, they) would ask.
? Should I
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C o n t i n u o u s
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now, at this time, at
this moment
I am
asking.
He (she)
is asking.
You (we,
they) are asking.
? Am I
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from 5
till 6, all day, at that moment, at 5 o'clock yesterday
I (he,
she) was asking.
You (we,
they) were asking.
? Was I
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at 5
o'clock tomorrow
I (we)
shall be asking.
You (he,
she, they) will be asking.
? Shall I be
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should / would + to be + Ving
I (we)
should be asking.
You (he,
she, they) would be asking.
? Should I be
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t o h a v
e + V i n t h e 3 f o r m ( P a s t P a r
t i c i p l e )
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P e r f e c t
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already,
just, resently, ever, never, yet, since, lately, this week
I ( we,
you, they ) have asked.
He (she)
has asked.
? Have I
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by, before, by the 1 of September last year
I (he,
she, we, you, they) had asked.
? Had I
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by the
1 of September next year, before the bell, by that time, by the end of the
year
I (we)
shall have asked.
You ( he,
she, they ) will have asked.
? Shall I have
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should
/ would + have + V in 3 f.
I (we)
should have asked.
You (he,
she, they) would have asked.
? Should I have
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P e r f e c t
C o n t i n u o u s
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for 2
hours, since 1856
I ( we,
you, they ) have been asking.
He (she)
has been asking.
? Have I been
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for 2
hours, all his life, all day, for a long time, since
? Had I been
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for 2
hours, all my life
I (we) shall have been
asking.
You ( he,
she, they ) will have been asking.
? Shall I have been
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should
/ would + have + been + Ving
I
(we) should have been asking.
You
(he, she, they) would
have been asking.
? Should I have been
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Present
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Past
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Future
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Future-in-the-Past
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S i m p l e
(Indefinite)
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am,
is, are + V in 3 f.
I am
asked.
He (she)
is asked.
We (you,
they) are asked.
? Am I
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was, were + V in 3 f.
I (he,
she) was asked.
We (you,
they) were asked.
? Was I
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will / shall + to be + V in 3 f.
I (we)
shall be asked.
He (she,
you, they) will be asked.
? Shall I be
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should
/ would + to be + V in 3 f.
I
(we) should be asked.
He
(she, you, they) would be asked.
? Should I be
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C o n t i n u o u s
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am,
is, are +
being + V in 3 f.
I am being
asked.
He (she)
is being asked.
We (you,
they) are being asked.
? Am I being
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was, were + being
+ V in 3 f.
I (he,
she) was being asked.
We (you,
they) were being asked.
? Was I being
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P e r f e c t
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have / has + been + V in 3 f.
I ( we,
you, they ) have been asked.
He (she)
has been asked.
? Have I been
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had + been + V in 3 f.
I (he,
she, we, you, they) had been asked.
? Had I been
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shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3
f.
I (we)
shall have been asked.
He ( she,
you, they ) will have been asked.
? Shall I have been
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should
/ would + have + V in 3 f.
I (we) should have
been asked.
He (she, you, they)
would have been asked.
? Should I have been
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