Tense | Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous |
Present | I am asked he is asked | I am being asked he is being asked | I have been asked he has been asked | - |
Am I asked? Is he asked? | Am I being asked? Is he being asked? | Have I been asked? Has he been asked? | - | |
I am not asked he is not asked | I am not being asked he is not being asked | I have not been asked he has not been asked | - | |
Past | I was asked we were asked | I was being asked we were being asked | I had been asked we had been asked | - |
Was I asked? | Was I being asked? | Had I been asked? | - | |
I was not asked | I was not being asked | I had not been asked | - | |
Future | I shall be asked he will be asked | - | I shall have been asked he will have been asked | - |
Shall I be asked? | - | Shall I have been asked? | - | |
I shall not be asked | - | I shall not have been asked | - | |
Future-in-the-Past | I should be asked he would be asked | - | I should have been asked he would have been asked | - |
Should I be asked? | - | Should I have been asked? | - | |
I should not be asked | - | I should not have been asked | - |
(Sequence of Tenses).
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1. , , .
e.g. He knows that you are busy. , .
you were busy. .
you will be busy. .
He will think that you do it. , .
you did it. .
you will do it. .
2. , .
e.g. He knew that you were busy. , .
you had been busy. .
you would be busy. .
3. , , .
e.g. Wait till I have finished my work.- , .
We shall start at 5 if everything is ready.- 5 , .
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1. , .
e.g. The teacher told the children that water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.- , 100 .
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2. .
e.g. My brother told me about the book which you are reading.- , .
3. as than.
e.g. It was not so cold yesterday as it is today.- , .
He was once stronger than he is now.- - , .
4. , must, should ought.
e.g. I said that you must do it as soon as possible.- , .
5. , .
e.g. She said that her brother did not forget English as he reads English books regularly.- , , .