VERB
INTRANSITIVE
PARTICIPLE
INFINITIVE
TRANSITIVE
NEGATIVE
TELL US WHAT DOES NOT HAPPEN
FUTURE
CONDITIONAL
SIMPLE
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
MODAL
AUXILIARY
MOOD
VOICE
I WOULD EAT.
I WOULD BE EATING.
I WOULD HAVE EATEN.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN EATING.
I DO NOT EAT.
HELPS MAIN VERB IN CLAUSE
I AM EATING.
TELL US HOW LIKELY SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN
PASSIVE
INTERROGATIVE
TO + VERB
PRESENT
VERB HAS OBJECT
VERB HAS NO OBJECT
I MAY/MIGHT/WILL EAT AN APPLE NOW.
ACTIVE
SUBJECT PERFORMS ACTION
SUBJECT RECEIVES ACTION
I EAT THE APPLE.
THE APPLE IS EATEN BY ME.
IMPERATIVE
DECLARATIVE
I EAT AN APPLE.
DO YOU EAT APPLES?
EAT YOUR APPLE.
TO EAT
PAST
EATEN
EATING
I EAT AN APPLE.
THE BELL RINGS.
SHOWS PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ACTION
PAST
TENSE
PRESENT
DOING
FEELING
BEING
SAYING
TELLS US WHAT ACTION IS HAPPENING
AM/IS/ARE
LOVE/HATE
SPEAK/TALK
EAT/DRINK
PRESENT
PAST
TELLS US WHEN AN ACTION IS HAPPENING
FUTURE
I ATE.
I EAT.
I WILL EAT.
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
SIMPLE
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
SIMPLE
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
PERFECT
SIMPLE
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
I EAT.
I AM EATING.
I HAVE EATEN.
I ATE.
I HAVE BEEN EATING.
I WAS EATING.
I HAD EATEN.
I HAD BEEN EATING.
I WILL EAT.
I WILL BE EATING.
I WILL HAVE EATEN.
I WILL HAVE BEEN EATING.