tense

Question 1

what is passive voice?

Answer 1

to be + past participle [can have an optional by agent adverbial phrase afterwards]

Question 2

what does passive voice do/ show?

Answer 2

it is a form to prioritise, it hides the agent can be a power move, can be the agent is not important, or we don’t know who the agent is

Question 3

what verbs can’t be passive?

Answer 3

intransitive verb’s can’t be passive

Question 4

Perfect continuous aspect:
present?

Answer 4

combine both aspects for actions up to now.

to have + been + -ing

Question 5

Perfect continuous aspect:
past?

Answer 5

combine both aspects for actions up to in the past.

to have + been + -ing

Question 6

Perfect continuous aspect:
future?

Answer 6

combine both aspects for actions up to a point in the future.

to have + been + -ing

Question 7

Perfect aspect:
present?

Answer 7

relevant to now, recent, outcome reflected in the now, news, happened in a timescale that includes now.
has/ have + past participle

Question 8

Perfect aspect:
past?

Answer 8

a leap further back; we’re already talking about the past, and then we flashback to even earlier.
had + past participle

Question 9

Perfect aspect:
future?

Answer 9

for deadlines- will be over/ completed by the time in the future I’m talking about.
will/ gonna + have + past participle

Question 10

Progressive aspect:
present?

Answer 10

in progress at this moment, active and happening right now, temporary, action in a snapshot.
is/ am/ are + -ing

Question 11

Progressive aspect:
past?

Answer 11

the background to events, what was in progress at the time, perhaps temporary or habitual.
was/ were + -ing

Question 12

Progressive aspect:
future?

Answer 12

will be in progress at the time I’m talking about; what the world looks like at that time.
will/ gonna + be + -ing

Question 13

Simple aspect:
present?

Answer 13

now (stative) or regularly (past, present and future), timetables, facts.
3rd person -s

Question 14

Simple aspect:
Past?

Answer 14

an event in a story, finished in a finished time frame, once upon a time.
-ed, irregular

Question 15

Simple aspect:
Future- with will?

Answer 15

a prediction if it’s not in my control, a decision made now if it is.
will + infinitive (no to)

Question 16

Simple aspect:
Future- with going to/ gonna?

Answer 16

evidence that it’s started, or a firm decision I already made myself.
be going + to - infinitive