Table of tenses in English with active and passive |
TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
SIMPLE | ||
Present | He takes | It is taken |
Past | He took | It was taken |
Present Perfect | He has taken | It has been taken |
Past perfect | He had taken | It had been taken |
Future | He will take | It will be taken |
Future perfect | He will have taken | It will have been taken |
Conditional | He would take | It would be taken |
Past Conditional | He would have taken | It would have been taken |
Modal verbs | He may, might, could, can (etc,) take | It may, might, could, can (etc,) be taken |
CONTINUOUS | ||
Present | He is taking | It is being taken |
Past | He was taking | It was being taken |
Present perfect | He has been taking | * |
Past perfect | He had been taking | * |
Future | He will be taking | * |
Future perfect | He will have been taking | * |
Conditional | He would be taking | * |
Past conditional | He would have been taking | * |
OTHERS | ||
Infinitive | (to) take | (to) be taken |
Perfect infinitive | (to) have taken | (to) have been taken |
Gerund | taking | being taken |
Imperative | Take! | be taken! |
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