A: He washed it. Active Simple A: It's washed. N: It's not washed. Q: Is it washed? A: He washed the car.

N: He doesn't wash the car. Q: Does he wash the car? A: He's washing it. N: He isn't washing it. Q: Is he washing it? A: It's being washed. N: It's not being washed. Q: Is it being washed? A: He's washed it. N: He hasn't washed it. Q: Has he washed it? A: It's been washed. N: It hasn't been washed. Q: Has it been washed? Passive Perfect Continuous Passive3 A: He's been washing the car. N: He's not been washing the car. Q: Has he been washing the car? Passive15 Planned Passive A: If it rains, the road becomes wet. N: If it does not rain, people wear sunglasses. Q: If it rains, does the road become wet? A: If it rains, drivers will slow down. N: If it does not rain, drivers will go faster. Q: If it rains, will drivers slow down? A: If it rained, my clothes would be ruined. N: If it did not rain, my clothes would be dry. Q: If it rained, would my clothes be ok? A: If it had rained on Friday, it would have ruined the carnival. N: If it had not rained on Friday, we would have had a picnic. Q: If it had rained on Friday, would we have gone out? Third (impossible)14 Perfect Second (unlikely)13 First (likely)12 Passive Zero (certain)11 Active Unplanned Active Continuous A: I'm going to wash the car. Active N: I'm not going to wash the car. Q: Are you going to wash the car? A: The car is going to be washed. N: The car isn't going to be washed. Q: Is the car going to be washed? A: I will wash the car. N: I won't wash the car. Q: Will you wash the car? A: The car will be washed. N: The car won't be washed. Q: Will the car be washed? Active2 Active Perfect Simple A: It'd been raining. N: It hadn't been raining. Q: Had it been raining? Passive Active Active Continuous Passive Passive Simple A: He was washing the car. Active N: He wasn't washing the car. Q: Was he washing the car? A: It was being washed. N: It wasn't being washed. Q: was it being washed? A: He'd washed it. Active1 N: He hadn't washed it. Q: Had he washed it? A: It'd been washed. Passive N: It hadn't been washed. Q: Had it been washed? Passive N: He didn't wash it. Q: Did he wash it? A: It was washed. N: It wasn't washed. Q: Was it washed?

Past
Continuous

Present

Simple

Conditionals

Future

A: I will have washed the car 500 times in March. Acitve N: I won't have washed the car 500 times by February. Q: Will you have washed the car 500 times by March? A: The car will have been washed 500 times by March. Passive N: The car won't have been washed 500 times by February. Q: Will the car have been washed 500 times by March? A: I will have been washing that car for five years this June. Continuous4 N: I won't have been washing that car for five years in March. Q: Will you have been washing that car for five years in March?

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Simple

A: I can wash the car. N: I can't wash the car. Q: Can you wash the car? A: I could wash the car. N: I couldn't wash the car. Q: Could you wash the car? A: I may wash the car. N: I may not wash the car. Q: May I wash the car?5 Might May Could Can

A: I might wash the car. N: I might not wash the car. Q: Might I wash the car?6 A: I must wash the car. N: I must not wash the car. Q: Must I wash the car?7 A: I ought to wash the car. N: I ought not wash the car. Q: -8 A: I shall wash the car. N: I shall not wash the car. Q: Shall I wash the car?9 Should Shall Ought to Must

Modals

A: I should wash the car. N: I shouldn't wash the car. Q: Should I wash the car?10 Would

A: I'd wash the car. N: I wouldn't wash the car. Q: Would you wash the car?

Notes
1) Active
Normally part of a bigger sentence.

2) Active
Normally part of a bigger sentence.

3) Passive
Passive not used in English.

4) Continuous
Emphasis on the length of time it's been done.

5) Q: May I wash the car?

Permission

6) Q: Might I wash the car?

Permission.

7) Q: Must I wash the car?

Permission not to do it.

8) Q: Not normally used as a question.

9) Q: Shall I wash the car?

Advice.

10) Q: Should I wash the car?

Advice.

11) Zero (certain)

If present tense, present tense.

12) First (likely)

Ifpresent tense,will/going to ....

13) Second (unlikely)

Ifpast simple/continuous,would ....

14) Third (impossible)

If past perfect,would have ....

15) Passive
Passive not used in English.

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