| Simple
| Continuous
| Perfect
| Perfect-Continuous
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Present
| am
is + V3
are
e. g. The report is written every month. The article is translated by the whole group. The story is written by S. Mougham.
| am
is being V3
are
e. g. The test is being written now.
Students are being examined still.
His report is being discussed now.
| have
been V3
has
e. g. The report has already been written. We have just been asked. The work has not been finished yet.
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Past
| was
+ V3
were
e. g. The report was written yesterday. The house was built last year. The test was passed by the whole group.
| was
being V3
were
e. g. The test was being written from 2 till 3 yesterday. The negotiations were being conducted at 12 o’clock yesterday.
| had been V3
e. g. The report had been written by 4 o’clock yesterday. The dinner had been cooked by the time he came.
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Future
| will be + V3
e. g. The report will be written in time. The exam will be taken tomorrow. New house will be built in a year.
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| will have been V3
e. g. The plan will have been developed by March 1. The work will have been finished by Wednesday.
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