English Grammar Tenses, Reported Speech, and Passive Voice

English Verb Tenses

• Present Simple: I play, he plays (Yo juego)
• Present Continuous: I'm playing (Yo estoy jugando)
• Past Simple: I played (Yo jugué)
• Past Continuous: I was playing (Yo estaba jugando)
• Future: Going to (Voy a jugar), Will (Jugaré)
• Future Continuous: Will be playing (Yo estaré jugando)
• Present Perfect Simple: I have eaten (Yo he comido)
• Present Perfect Continuous: I have been eating (Yo he estado comiendo)
• Past Perfect Simple: I had eaten (Yo había comido)
• Past Perfect Continuous: I had been eating (Yo había estado comiendo)

Reported Speech

Passive Voice

• Present Simple: A: The system protects children. P: Children are protected by the system.
• Present Continuous: A: Employers are exploiting them. P: They are being exploited by employers.
• Past Simple: A: They legalized the situation. P: The situation was legalized.
• Past Continuous: A: Serious problems were affecting the poorest countries. P: The poorest countries were being affected by serious problems.
• Future: A: They will publish your article soon. P: Your article will be published.
• Present Perfect Simple: A: The government has forced teenagers to work. P: Teenagers have been forced to work by the government.
• Past Perfect Simple: A: She had written an article on teenage employment. P: An article on teenage employment had been written.
• Must: A: Must legalize. P: Must be legalized.
• Should: A: Should protect. P: Should be protected.
• Have to: A: Have to explain. P: Has to be explained.
• Be going to: A: Are going to study. P: Are going to be studied.

Conditionals

• First Conditional: If + Present + Future
• Second Conditional: If + Past + Conditional (Would)
• Third Conditional: If + Past Perfect Simple + Conditional Compound (Would have)