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English Tenses and Modals Guide

The document provides information about English sentence structures including active and passive sentences using different tenses and modals. It outlines the basic structure for simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, and past perfect tenses in both active and passive voice. Additionally, it lists the modal verbs used for present and past tense active and passive sentences.

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English Tenses and Modals Guide

The document provides information about English sentence structures including active and passive sentences using different tenses and modals. It outlines the basic structure for simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, and past perfect tenses in both active and passive voice. Additionally, it lists the modal verbs used for present and past tense active and passive sentences.

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MODULE FOR FUN ENGLISH

ACTIVE SENTENCE

- Simple Present Tense (every)


1. S + to be (am, is, are) + adjective / adverb / noun
I am smart.
She is in the class.
We are students.
2. S + V1 (es/s) + O / adverb
I go to school at 7 a.m. every morning.
She goes to market everyday
She walks every morning

- Present Continous (in process)


S + am/is/are + V ing + O + Adverb
I am studying.
She is studying now

- Present Perfect (since)


S + has/have + V3 + O + adverb
I have worked as a teacher since 1990
We have studied in SMAN 1 since 2005

- Simple Past Tense (ago, last, yesterday)


1. S + to be (was, were) + adjective
I was beautifull
2. S + V2 + O / adverb
He went to Jakarta 5 days ago

- Past Continous (when)


S + was / were + V ing + O / adverb
I visited you when you were cooking in the kitchen yesterday

- Past Perfect (for)


S + had + V3 + O + adverb
I had studied in SHS before
PASSIVE SENTENCE

- Simple Present Tense (every)


S + am/ is/ are + V3 + by O / adverb
The book is read by me
Mother is picked up by father everyday

- Present Continous (in process)


S + am/is/are + being + V3
The book is being read by me
Mother is being picked up by father now

- Present Perfect (since)


S + has/have + been + V3
She has been taken to hospital by my father
Mother has been picked up by father

- Simple Past Tense (ago, last, yesterday)


S + to be (was, were) + V3 + O + adverb
They were addopted from the orphanage
Mother was picked up by father yesterday

- Past Continous (when)


S + was / were + being + V3
The book was being given to you
Mother was being picked up by father

- Past Perfect (for)


S + had + been + V3
Mother had been picked up by father before i came yesterday
MODALS

ACTIVE
Present Past
Can Could

S Will
Shall
May
Must
Would
Should
Might
Had to
V1
- I can read a book in the middle of the night when others are
sleeping
- I could come to your party if I didn’t oversleep yesterday

PASSIVE
Present Past
Can Could

S Will
Shall
May
Must
Would
Should
Might
Had to
be V3
- The cake could be made from many ingredients
- She will be taken to the hospital
- I would be taken

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