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TENSES IN ENGLISH: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

Table of tenses in English with active and passive

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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!