ASPECT: internal structure of an action occurring at any time*

TENSE/TIME SIMPLE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE PERFECT

PROGRESSIVE

I, we I, we I am I, we
you walk you have you you have
they they we are walking they been walking
PRESENT he he walked they he
she walks she has he, she is she has
it it it it
I I, we
I, we he, she, it was you
you they
PAST they walked had walked we walking he had been walking
he you were she
she they it
it
I, we
you
FUTURE they will walk will have walked will be walking will have been walking
he
she
it



*SIMPLE: Complete/whole; no further development of action *PERFECT: prior; retrospective point of view of action

*PROGRESSIVE: incomplete/limited; portion of whole; expects further development

*PERFECT PROGRESSIVE: prior incompleteness; limited duration of action

Every non-imperative English sentence must have either a modal auxiliary (can, shall, must, may, will) or a grammatical tense (past or present).

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