Tense forms (the active voice)

	Simple	Progressive	Perfect	Perfect Progressive
Present	I ask you ask he asks she asks it asks we ask they ask	I am asking you are asking he is asking she is asking it is asking we are asking they are asking	I have asked you have asked he has asked she has asked it has asked we have asked they have asked	I have been asking you have been asking he has been asking she has been asking it has been asking we have been asking they have been asking
Past	I asked you asked he asked she asked it asked we asked they asked	I was asking you were asking he was asking she was asking it was asking we were asking they were asking	I had asked you had asked he had asked she had asked it had asked we had asked they had asked	I had been asking you had been asking he had been asking she had been asking it had been asking we had been asking they had been asking
Future	I will ask you will ask he will ask she will ask it will ask we will ask they will ask	I will be asking you will be asking he will be asking she will be asking it will be asking we will be asking they will be asking	I will have asked you will have asked he will have asked she will have asked it will have asked we will have asked they will have asked	I will have been asking you will have been asking he will have been asking she will have been asking it will have been asking we will have been asking they will have been asking

	Simple	Progressive	Perfect	Perfect Progressive
Future-in-the Past	I would ask you would ask he would ask she would ask it would ask we would ask they would ask	I would be asking you would be asking he would be asking she would be asking it would be asking we would be asking they would be asking	I would have asked you would have asked he would have asked she would have asked it would have asked we would have asked they would have asked	I would have been asking you would have been asking he would have been asking she would have been asking it would have been asking we would have been asking they would have been asking

Appendix 1

TENSE FORMS (THE ACTIVE VOICE)

	Simple	Progressive	Perfect	Perfect Progressive
Present	I am asked you are asked he is asked she is asked it is asked we are asked they are asked	I am being asked you are being asked he is being asked she is being asked it is being asked we are being asked they are being asked	I have been asked you have been asked he has been asked she has been asked it has been asked we have been asked they have been asked
Past	I was asked you were asked he was asked she was asked it was asked we were asked they were asked	I was being asked you were being asked he was being asked she was being asked it was being asked we were being asked they were being asked	I had been asked you had been asked he had been asked she had been asked it had been asked we had been asked they had been asked
Future	I will be asked you will be asked he will be asked she will be asked it will be asked we will be asked they will be asked		I will have been asked you will have been asked he will have been asked she will have been asked it will have been asked we will have been asked they will have been asked

Continued

	Simple	Progressive	Perfect	Perfect Progressive
Future-in-the-Past	I would be asked you would be asked he would be asked she would be asked it would be asked we would be asked they would be asked		I would have been asked you would have been asked he would have been asked she would have been asked it would have been asked we would have been asked they would have been asked

Appendix 3

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

The Main Clause	Conjunction	The Subordinate Clause	The Example
will + Simple Infinitive will + Progressive Infinitive The Imperative Mood	if unless in case provided that	The Present Simple The Present Progressive	I'll be glad if he comes. I'll be seeing you tomorrow unless I'm held up at school. Please phone me in case you can'tcome in time. We'll give you a refund provided that you show our receipt, in case we don't get you'll get it you’ll get no money
would +Simple Infinitive would + + Progressive Infinitive might/could + + Simple Infinitive might/could + + Progressive Infinitive	if unless	The Past Indefinite The Past Subjunctive ("were")	If they knew about our problems, they would help us out. If you had a thousand dollars, what would you do? If I were you, I wouldn't be so optimistic. If John could be more assertive, he would certainly get the job. If it were not for his stupidity, he wouldn't be in trouble.
would + Perfect Infinitive would + Perfect Progressive Infinitive might/could + + Perfect Infinitive might/could + + Perfect Progressive Infinitive	if unless	The Past Perfect	If Martha hadn't left her glasses at home, she would have seen the notice. If he had been more attentive, he might have heard the announcement. If it hadn't been for the traffic jam, we might have got home in time.

Note: If it were not for his stupidity, he wouldn't be in trouble. = But for his stupidity, he wouldn't be in trouble.

If it hadn't been for the traffic jam, we might have got home in time. = But for the traffic jam we might have got home in time.