ALL TENSES
This tense shows an action that started in the past and is still continuing with emphasis on duration.
Present perfect continuous
They are repairing the road.
The road is being repaired
I am studying now,” she said →
✅ What is “She said she was studying then”?
Choose correct:
“I ___ my phone repaired yesterday.”
✅ What is “had”?
Form a question:
“You have finished your work.”
✅ What is “Have you finished your work?”
Choose the correct tense:
“By the time she arrived, we ___ (finish) dinner.”
Had finished
Passive with two objects:
“They gave me a gift.” → (2 variants)
I was given a gift” / “A gift was given to me
“I went to Paris yesterday,” he said →
✅ What is “He said he had gone to Paris the day before”?
Difference:
“I cut my hair” vs “I had my hair cut”
✅ What is: first = myself; second = someone else did it?
Question with modal:
“She can swim.”
✅ What is “Can she swim?”
Explain the difference:
“I have lived here for 5 years” vs “I lived here for 5 years”
first = still living; second = finished action?
Identify the tense:
“The project will have been completed.”
Future Perfect Passive
Report a question:
“Where do you live?” →
✅ What is “He asked where I lived”?
Rewrite:
“Someone cleaned my room.”
✅ What is “I had my room cleaned”?
Complex sentence:
“He has been working all day.”
✅ What is “Has he been working all day?”
👉 Choose:
“This time tomorrow, I ___ (fly) to London.”
will be flying
People say that he is very rich.” (2 ways)
He is said to be very rich” / “It is said that he is very rich”
“I must finish this” →
✅ What is “He said he had to finish that”?
Use “get” (informal causative):
“She ___ her nails done.”
✅ What is “got”?
Tag question:
“You don’t like coffee, ___?”
✅ What is “do you”?
Identify the tense:
“I will have been working here for 10 years next month.”
Future Perfect Continuous
The homework was did yesterday.
was done
I will have finished by tomorrow,” she said →
✅ What is “She said she would have finished by the next day”?
Passive causative nuance:
“He had his car stolen.”
👉 Meaning?
✅ What is: it happened to him (negative experience), not he wanted it?
Indirect question:
“Where is she?” →
✅ What is “Do you know where she is?”