Tense
Active Voice:
Present Continuous: I am
playing; he/she/it is playing; we/you/they are playing.
[Sözün
söylendiği an; for future, present simple]
Present Simple: I/we/you/they
play, he/she/it speaks. Do I/we/you/they play? Does he/she/it speak?
[States,
routins; scientific]
Present Perfect:
I/we/you/they have played; he/she/it has spoken.
Present Perfect Continuous:
I/we/you/they have been playing; he/she/it has been speaking. [Began in the
past and continuous to the present]
Past Continuous: I/he/she/it
was playing; we/you/they were speaking.
[Diğer
olay olduğunda ya da olurken devam eden diğer olayı anlatmada kullanılır. Past Simple]
Past Simple:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they spoke; did I/he/she/it/we/you/they speak? [ Bilinen
zamanda biten eylemler; Also it is used with Past Continuous or Past Perfect ]
Past Perfect:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they had spoken.
[When /before
/after / by the time + Past Simple, Past perfect]
Past Perfect Continuous:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they had been playing.
Future Simple:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they will play.
[Future
plan: to be going to, öneri, kestirim, söz verme, gönüllü, isyeterek: will.
Present simple and Present Continuous are used for future plans.]
Future Continuous:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they will be playing.
[Gelecekte
başlayacak olan]
Future Perfect:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they will have played.
[Gelecekte
tamanlanmış olacak]
Future Perfect Continuous:
I/he/she/it/we/you/they will have been playing.
Examples:
My father gave me a present yesterday.
I often go to school by
bus.
They collected lettuce, bell
peppers, sweet potatoes and tomatoes, before enjoying a late lunch in
the White House. [Lettuce: marul, bell peppers: dolmalık biber ] , before they
enjoyed a late …
They acted quickly to find a solution
Peter's daughters
work at a large bank.
He will speak to the manager.
She was wearing a light
summer dress and sandals.
It has been a great challenge
and a great achievement.
Lena couldn't find her textbook after class. Maybe somebody took
it.
Can you give me some money?
Sorry. I don't have any.
I read two stories yesterday. The first story was very interesting,
but I didn't like the other one.
All life needs energy to
survive, and the biggest source of energy for life on Earth is the Sun.
Nobody knows exactly when
life began.
Simple
Present: I am informed; he/she/it is informed; we/you/they are informed
Present
Continuous: I am being informed; he/she/it is being informed; we/you/they are
being informed
Present
Perfect: I/we/you/they have been informed; he/she/it has been informed
Past
simple: I/he/she/it was informed; we/you/they were informed
Past
Continuous: I/he/she/it was being informed; we/you/they were being informed
Past
Perfect: I/he/she/it/we/you/they had been informed
Simple
Future: I/he/she/it/we/you/they will be informed
Future
Perfect: I/he/she/it/we/you/they will have been informed
Examples:
The English king was killed
at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August, 1485.
His remains were found under a car park in Leicester in
2012.
President Barack Obama's
credit card was
declined at a restaurant in New York City last month.
He has always been concerned
about regular people. (Past Participle)
The system will be used by
students as a research and training tool.
Some of the people who were
invited to the meeting refused
to participate.
I have several friends. They live near my house on the same
street.
