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| I would have returned. Would I have returned? I would not (wouldn`t) have returned | We would have returned. Would we have returned? We would not (wouldn`t) have returned |
| You would have returned. Would you have returned? You would not (wouldn`t)have returned | You would have returned. Would you have returned? You would not (wouldn`t)have returned |
| He, she, it would have returned. Would he, she, it have returned? He, she, it would not (wouldn`t) have returned | They would have returned. Would they have returned? They would not (wouldn`t) have returned |
The Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive)
in the Past Tense
E.g. I informed my new boss(that) I would have been working here for 3 years by the next year- , 3
| Singular | Plural |
| I would have been working. Would I have been working? I would not (wouldn`t) have been working | We would have been working. Would we have been working? We would not (wouldn`t) have been working |
| You would have been working. Would you have been working? You would not (wouldn`t)have been working | You would have been working. Would you have been working? You would not (wouldn`t)have been working |
| He, she, it would have been working. Would he, she, it have been working? He, she, it would not (wouldn`t) have been working | They would have been working. Would they have been working? They would not (wouldn`t) have been working |
The Rules of the Sequence of Tenses
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| Present Simple I said, I work here | Past Simple I said I worked there |
| Present Continuous I said, " I am working here" | Past Continuous I said I was working there |
| Present Perfect I said, " I have always worked here" | Past Perfect I said I had always worked there |
| Present Perfect Continuous I said, " I have been working here for a year" | Past Perfect Continuous I said I had been working there for a year |
| Past Simple I said, "I worked there 2 years ago" | Past Perfect I said I had worked there 2 years before |
| Past Continuous I said, "I was working there at 5 0`clock yesterday" | Past Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous I said I was (had been) working there at 5 0`clock the day before |
| Future Simple (Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous) | Future Simple (Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous) in the Past |
| Today | That day |
| Tomorrow Yesterday Last week Next week(month, year) A week(month, year) ago In a week(month, year) this these here now | The next(following) day The day before(the previous day) The previous week The next(following) week A week(month, year) before A week(month, year) later that those there then |
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| :to ask-, to wonder-, to inquire of smb- () | We wondered when he had returned home |
| : to tell smb-, to order-, to ask , to beg-, to urge- | We ordered the children to come home |
( ). if, whether (). E.g. We asked my friend if he had passed the exam. , . . E.g. We ordered the children to come home .
The Passive Voice
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to be + participle II ( +ed (3- ))
