| Present | Past | Future | Future-in-the-Past | | S i m p l e (I n d e f i n i t e) |
usually, always, every day, often, sometimes, as a rule, from time to time, generally
I (you, we, they) ask.
He (she) asks.
? Do I |
yesterday, last night, last week (month, year), the day before yesterday, ago
I (he, she, we, you, they) asked.
? Did I |
tomorrow, in two days, the day after tomorrow, next day (week, month)
I (we) shall ask.
You (he, she, they) will ask.
? Shall I | should / would + V
I (we) should ask.
You (he, she, they) would ask.
? Should I |
| C o n t i n u o u s |
now, at this time, at this moment
I am asking.
He (she) is asking.
You (we, they) are asking.
? Am I |
from 5 till 6, all day, at that moment, at 5 o'clock yesterday
I (he, she) was asking.
You (we, they) were asking.
? Was I |
at 5 o'clock tomorrow
I (we) shall be asking.
You (he, she, they) will be asking.
? Shall I be |
should / would + to be + Ving
I (we) should be asking.
You (he, she, they) would be asking.
? Should I be |
| t o h a v e + V i n t h e 3 f o r m ( P a s t P a r t i c i p l e ) |
| P e r f e c t |
already, just, resently, ever, never, yet, since, lately, this week
I ( we, you, they ) have asked.
He (she) has asked.
? Have I |
by, before, by the 1 of September last year
I (he, she, we, you, they) had asked.
? Had I |
by the 1 of September next year, before the bell, by that time, by the end of the year
I (we) shall have asked.
You ( he, she, they ) will have asked.
? Shall I have |
should / would + have + V in 3 f.
I (we) should have asked.
You (he, she, they) would have asked.
? Should I have |
| P e r f e c t C o n t i n u o u s |
for 2 hours, since 1856
I ( we, you, they ) have been asking.
He (she) has been asking.
? Have I been |
for 2 hours, all his life, all day, for a long time, since
I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asking.
? Had I been |
for 2 hours, all my life
I (we) shall have been asking.
You ( he, she, they ) will have been asking.
? Shall I have been |
should / would + have + been + Ving
I (we) should have been asking.
You (he, she, they) would have been asking.
? Should I have been |
| Present | Past | Future | Future-in-the-Past | | S i m p l e (Indefinite) |
am, is, are + V in 3 f.
I am asked.
He (she) is asked.
We (you, they) are asked.
? Am I |
was, were + V in 3 f.
I (he, she) was asked.
We (you, they) were asked.
? Was I |
will / shall + to be + V in 3 f.
I (we) shall be asked.
He (she, you, they) will be asked.
? Shall I be |
should / would + to be + V in 3 f.
I (we) should be asked.
He (she, you, they) would be asked.
? Should I be |
| C o n t i n u o u s  |
am, is, are + being + V in 3 f.
I am being asked.
He (she) is being asked.
We (you, they) are being asked.
? Am I being |
was, were + being + V in 3 f.
I (he, she) was being asked.
We (you, they) were being asked.
? Was I being |
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| P e r f e c t |
have / has + been + V in 3 f.
I ( we, you, they ) have been asked.
He (she) has been asked.
? Have I been |
had + been + V in 3 f.
I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asked.
? Had I been |
shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3 f.
I (we) shall have been asked.
He ( she, you, they ) will have been asked.
? Shall I have been |
should / would + have + V in 3 f.
I (we) should have been asked.
He (she, you, they) would have been asked.
? Should I have been |