until that point in the future (e.g. he wins the gold medal this year, he will have ‘If won it five times in succession’). As with past verb forms, there are both simple and continuous perfect verb forms as the following table shows. simple continuous present perfect read his new book. been reading his new I’ve I’ve book. They yet. haven’t arrived They been travelling haven’t for long. past perfect He had studied English as a He had been waiting for child. about half an hour. I had never worked with a They been talking for hadn’t robot before. more than a minute when... future perfect have finished this In have been I’ll August we’ll homework by tomorrow. living here for twenty-six years. By this time next year, I wilt have been to the gym about When you get back, have I’ll 160 times. been working on this chapter for six hours. Active and passive Another distinction to be made about verbs is that between active and passive. Active sentences have a subject (S), a verb (V) and an object (O), e.g. A scene of utter chaos confronted her. If we flip things around, however, starting with the object (and, in effect, making it the subject) we get a passive sentence, e.g.
until that point in the future (e.g. ‘If he wins the gold medal this year, he will have won it five times in succession’). As with past verb forms, there are both simple and continuous perfect verb forms as the following table shows. simple continuous present perfect I’ve read his new book. They haven’t arrived yet. I’ve been reading his new book. They haven’t been travelling for long. past perfect He had studied English as a child. I had never worked with a robot before. He had been waiting for about half an hour. They hadn’t been talking for more than a minute when... future perfect I’ll have finished this homework by tomorrow. By this time next year, I wilt have been to the gym about 160 times. In August we’ll have been living here for twenty-six years. When you get back, I’ll have been working on this chapter for six hours. Active and passive Another distinction to be made about verbs is that between active and passive. Active sentences have a subject (S), a verb (V) and an object (O), e.g. A scene of utter chaos confronted her. If we flip things around, however, starting with the object (and, in effect, making it the subject) we get a passive sentence, e.g.
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