GRAMMAR VOICES, TENSES and STATEMENTS. AUTHOR: V.MAHENDIRAN,

 GRAMMAR 

VOICES, TENSES and STATEMENTS. 

AUTHOR: V.MAHENDIRAN,  

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PREFACE 

As a preface, It is said that the core area in English is VTS. 

What is VTS? 

Just VOICE, TENSE and STATEMENT is the expansion of it. 

Giving importance to this is important or not  is not a matter but  a learner, likely beginners have to know the structures. 

The structures are based on a voice, a tense and a statement is needless to say.  Thus It has been written by me as a lesson for all age group. 

For, eg, 

"Bring your files" is in the active voice, simple present and Imperative statement, isn't it? 

Has the door been closed?" is in the passive voice, present perfect tense and Specific Question of Interrogative statement. 

Likewise, Here, 2 Voices, 20 tenses and about 10 types of statements have been drilled as a new approach. 

Just have a glance, and send your feedback perhaps having any clarification. 

Thanking you. 

V.MAHENDIRAN 

AUTHOR 

I.  WHAT IS VOICE?

Voice is a configuration that expresses an idea. There are two voices such as, active and passive. Any statement in any tense can exist on both voices but it depends on the situation about what we are to talk.

Likely passive voice tends in very formal writing as well as in highly standard speaking.

The aptitude of English language users is valued of their usage of passive structures in their writing and speaking though active voice is used normally.

Which voice to be preferred is determined not according to a speaker, but the situation what one speaks. Although a matter can be spoken / written on both voices, only a certain voice is on top form for a situation. 

Instead of forming ‘How is your father calling you?’ in active, a good speaker would not form as How are you being called by your father? in passive, as it is unusual though grammatically right.

Likewise, instead of forming ‘Was it dispatched?’ In passive, ‘Did you dispatch it?’ is not formed by a good speaker in active because of situation, though both are grammatically right. Therefore, voice is preferred for situation; dont think that this is an exercise. Once again it is said that its not an exercise that changing active to passive or passive to active but should practice the conversion for forming structures frequently.

Active voice

Passive voice

When did you finish your U.G?

When was your U.G finished by you?

Are you all right?

--------impossible  due to intransitive--------------

You will surely defeat them.

They will be surely defeated by you.

Is there anybody waiting for me?

 ---------impossible due to intransitive------------                  

Is there anybody looking for me?

Am I being looked for by anybody there?

As above any tense can be structured on both voices; perhaps being intransitive that cannot be done; gather up more details in what is tense

Note:

What happens when active is changed into passive?

Subject in active voice changes an object in passive.

Object in active acts as a subject in passive.

Only past participle form tends in passive.

Individual rule is observed in using auxiliaries on both voices.

Intransitives are not made in passive.

Some tenses are not often used in passive, see the lesson tense analysis

However, Voice changing will never change the meaning at any cost.

In active voice, subject deals an object through a combination of auxiliary and verb form according to the rule assigned (see the table of active voice rule- formulae of tenses in what is tense?). In transitive statement object would exist. Object wouldnt exist in intransitive statement.

Ragu comes (Intransitive)

Ragu reads the chart (Transitive)

We are Indians (Intransitive) 

We agree your statement (Transitive)

In passive voice, subject is dealt by an object through a combination of auxiliary and verb form according to the rule assigned (see the table of passive voice rule -formulae of tenses in what is tense?). Only past participle form is used in all tenses. Structure which contains object is known as personal passive, objectless is called impersonal passive.

All are appreciated (Impersonal)

This department is handled by Mr.Vinith 

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II. WHAT IS TENSE?

Tense is a rule that expressing an idea to mean the time of an action for which one speaks. There are twelve tenses called BASIC TENSES. They are,

Simple present tense,

Present perfect tense, 

Present continuous tense, 

Present perfect continuous tense, 

Simple past tense,

Past perfect tense, 

Past continuous tense, 

Past perfect continuous tense,

Future tense, 

Future perfect tense,

Future continuous tense,

Future perfect continuous tense.

In addition, eight more tenses, called ADDITIONAL TENSES. They are analysed here profusely for the sake your being away from confusion in distinguishing auxiliaries, modals and verbs. Academically, only 12 tenses are taught, the following 8 are merged among the 12. In this approach, you learn basic= 12 and additional=8. 

Do remember it is numbered consequently here.

Pure present tense,

Pure past tense,

Additional present tense,

Additional past tense,

Additional present continuous tense,

Additional past continuous tense,

Future in the past tense,

Future in the past continuous tense.

The formulae of tenses

Active voice

TENSE

PERSON

AUXILIARY

VERB FORM

Simple present

I, We, You ,They

He, She, It

do

does

Present form

Present perfect

I, We, You ,They

He, She, It

have

has

Past participle form

Present continuous

I

He She, it

we you they

am

is

are

Present participle form

Present perfect continuous

I, We, You ,They

He, She, It

have been

has been

Present participle form

Simple past

All 

did

Present form

Past perfect

All 

had

Past participle form

Past continuous

I ,He, she, It

We, You, They

was

were

Present participle form

Past perfect continuous

All 

had been

Present participle form

Future 

All 

will/ shall

Present form

Future perfect

All

will have/ shall have

Past participle form

Future continuous

All

will be/shall be

Present participle form

Future perfect continuous

All

will have been / shall have been

Present participle form

Pure present

I

He, She, It

We, you, They

-No auxiliary is used-

am 

is 

are

Pure past

I, He, She, It

We, You, They

-No auxiliary is used-

was 

were

Additional present

All 

may/can/might/could/would/should/must

Ought to

Present form

Additional past

might/could/would

Present form

Additional present continuous

All 

maybe/can be/might be/could be/would be/should be/must be/ought to be

Present participle

Additional past continuous

All 

might be/could be/would be

Present participle

Future in the past

All 

might have/could have/would have/should have/must have/ought to have

Past participle

Future in the past continuous

All 

might have been/could have been/would have been/should have been/must have been/ought to have been

Present participle

Passive voice

TENSE

PERSON

AUXILIARY

VERB FORM

Simple present

I

He she it

we you they

am

is

are

Past participle form

Present perfect

I, We, You ,They

He, She, It

have been

has been

        ,,

Present continuous

I

He she it

We you they

am being

is being

are being

        ,,

Present perfect continuous

I, We, You ,They

He, She, It

have been being **

has been being

        ,,

Simple past

I he she It

We you they

was

were

        ,,

Past perfect

All 

had been

        ,,

Past continuous

I he she it

We you they

was being

were being

        ,,

Past perfect continuous

All 

had been being **

        ,,

Future

All 

will be / shall be

        ,,

Future perfect

All

will have been/ shall have been

        ,,

Future continuous

All

will be being /shall be being **

        ,,

Future perfect continuous

All

will have been being/ shall have been being **

        ,,

Pure present

-intransitive-------

-------------- intransitive--------------

 ----------------------       

Pure past

-intransitive-------

-------------- intransitive--------------

  ---------------------      

Additional present

All 

maybe/can be/might be/could be/would be/should be/must be

ought to be

Past participle form    

Additional past

Might be/could be/would be

         ,,

Additional present continuous

All 

Maybe being/can be being/might be **

being/could be being/would be being/should be being/must be being/ought to be

 being

         ,,

Additional past continuous

All 

might be being/could be being/would be being

                                                                   **

         ,,

Future in the past

All 

might have been/could have been/would have been/should have been/must have been/ought to have been

         ,,

Future in the past continuous

All 

might have been being/could have been being/would have been being/should have been being/must have been being/ought to have been being                     **

         ,,

According to the formula, shall we activate a model sentence in all tenses?

ACTIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

I (do) write a letter

A letter is written by me

I have written a letter

A letter has been written by me

I am writing a letter

A letter is being written by me

I have been writing a letter

A letter has been being written by me  **

I did write a letter/i wrote a letter

A letter was written by me

I had written a letter

A letter had been written by me

I was writing a letter

A letter was being written by me

I  had been writing a letter

A letter had been being written by me  **

I will write a letter

A letter will be written by me

I will have written a letter

A letter will have been written by me

I will be writing a letter

A letter will be being written by me  **

I will have been writing a letter

A letter will have been being written by me  **

See another model is taken for additional tenses.

ACTIVE VOICE

           PASSIVE VOICE

I am a student

---------impossible due to intransitive ••

I was in Singapore during the tsunami struck.

---------impossible due to intransitive ••

I may/can/might/could/would/should/must/ought to/write a letter

 A letter may be/can be/might be/could be/would be/should be/must be/ought to be/written by me

I might/could/would/write a letter

A letter might be/could be/would be/written by me

I may be/can be/might be/could be/would be/should be/must be/ought to be/writing a letter

A letter may be being/can be being/might be being/could be being/would be being/should be being/must be being/ought to be being/written by me **

I might be/could be/would be/writing a letter

A letter might be being/could be being/would be being written by me **

I might have/could have/would have/should have/must have/ought to have/written a letter

A letter might have been/could have been/would have been/should have been/must have been/ought to have been/written by me

I  might have been/could have been/would have been/should have been/must have been/ought to have been/writing a letter

A letter might have been being /could have been being /would have been being /should have been being /must have been being /ought to have been being /written by me **

[Note:  ** Marked tenses are not often used according to the British pattern due to the adjacent presence of be forms ( be being or been being)

•• Intransitive means the sentence does not have an object so it is impossible to form in passive.]

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WHERE AND WHEN TO USE WHICH TENSE

Simple present tense- is used to mean a regular action and present action

Present perfect tense- is used to mean an action completed but not expired

Present continuous tense- is used to mean an action going on, goes on and will go on

Present perfect continuous tense- is used to mean an action started earlier and still going on 

Simple past tense- is used to mean an action completed

Past perfect tense- is used to mean an action completed and expired 

Past continuous tense- is used to mean the duration of an action completed

Past perfect continuous tense- is used to mean an action started earlier and was going on for a certain time and stopped in the past time.

Future tense- is used to pledge or plan for a future action

Future perfect tense- is used to mean a strong assurance for a future action

Future continuous tense- is used to mean the duration of the action of a future matter

Future perfect continuous tense- is used to mean an action which starts in future for a continuous action

Pure present tense- is used to say ones present position/ status/ place

Pure past tense- is used to say ones past position/ status/ place

Additional present tense- is used to mean an action for future distance possibility/rare ability/assumption/frequent ability/regular habitual/advisable manner

Additional past tense- is used to mean an action for its past assumption/past ability/past pledge

Additional present continuous tense- is used to mean the same as additional present tense and with giving importance to the duration of the action.

Additional past continuous tense- is used to mean the same as additional past tense and with giving importance to the duration of the action.

Future in the past tense- is used to mean an action what occurred in past time but for a reverse angle.

Future in the past continuous tense- is used to mean the same as above and with giving importance to the duration of the action.

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III. WHAT IS STATEMENT?

Statement is also a structure of sentence to express an Idea, which answers, questions, orders, or exclaims. Feelings and thoughts are delivered through a language in a number of textual structures for his distributing or sharing Ideas. Such ideas are expressed in several ways as follows. 

There are many types of statements in our approach; confirm the symbols that are given in the brackets.

Positive answer (+ve)

Negative answer         (-ve)

Question to subject (?/S)

Question to verb (?/V)

Question to object (?/O)

Question to adverbs/complement/indirect object (?/Adv/C/I.O)

Positive Specific question “ (?/SP1)

Negative specific question (?/SP2)

Positive tag question (?/T1)

Negative tag question (?/T2)

Positive Imperative •

Negative Imperative

Exclamatory !

A speaker can express his / her views by any of these statements for the situation. Each can be framed on both voices at any tense except Imperative, because such can only be framed in the simple present tense but on both voices. Exclamatory is structured likely in present and past families, others can be done for all tenses on both voices. 

See an affirmative is promoted into all statements here, also be known formula for each statement follows for simple present tense in active voice.

Active voice/ Simple present tense/ All statements

(+ve)  I (do) write a letter S  AUX   V   O

s aux   v          o

(-ve) I dont write a letter  S    N.AUX   V   O

(?/S) Who does write a letter?  INT  AUX   V   O?

(?/V) What do you do a letter?  INT  AUX   S   V   O?

(?/O) What do you write?    INT   AUX   S   V?

(?/Adv/C/I.O) How do you write a letter? / whre do you write a letter? / Whom do you write a  letter?    INT   AUX   S   V   O?

(?/SP1) Do you write a leter?  AUX   S   V   O?

(?/SP2) Dont you write a letter?    N.AUX    S    V    O?

(?/T1) You do write a letter, dont you?    S   AUX   V   O, N.AUX   S?

(?/T2) You dont write a letter, do you?    S   N.AUX   V   O,   AUX   S?    

() (Please) Write a letter.                          V   O

() (Please) Dont write a letter.                N.AUX   V   O

(!) What a fantastic letter you have written!  WHAT   ARTICLE   ADJECTIVE   NOUN  S   AUX   V!

Passive voice/ simple present tense/ All statements

(+ve)A letter is written by me   S  AUX   V   O

S      aux   v           o  

(-ve) A letter is not written by me    S    N.AUX   V   O

(?/S) What is written by you?          INT   AUX   V   O?

(?/V) What is a letter done by you? INT   AUX   S   V   O?

(?/O) By whom is a letter written? INT   AUX   S   V?

(?/Adv/C/I.O) How is a letter written? / where is a letter written? / Whom is a letter written?                                                                             INT   AUX   S   V   O?

(?/SP1) Is a letter written by you?        AUX   S   V   O?

(?/SP2) Isnt a letter written by you ?         N.AUX    S    V    O?

(?/T1) A letter is written by you, isnt It?    S   AUX   V   O, N.AUX   S?

(?/T2) A letter isnt written by you, is It?      S   N.AUX   V   O,   AUX   S?    

() (Please)Let a letter be written.         LET  O    BE      V

() (Please) Let not a letter be written.         LET NOT   O   BE    V

(!) What a fantastic letter is written by you! 

WHAT   ARTICLE   ADJECTIVE   NOUN   AUX   V   O!

Lets activate an affirmative made in present continuous tense as a model work into all statements (+ve to ?/T2) on both voices

+ve: Sheela is playing key board sweetly

Key board is being played by sheela sweetly

-ve:  Sheela is not playing Key board sweetly

Key board is not being played by sheela sweetly

?/S : Who is playing key board sweetly?

By whom is key board being played sweetly? 

?/V : What is Sheela doing key board sweetly?

What is key board being done by sheela sweetly?

?/O:  What is sheela playing sweetly?

What is being played by sheela sweetly?

?/Adv:  How is Sheela playing Key board?

How is key board being played by sheela?

?/SP1:  Is Sheela playing Key board sweetly?

Is key board being played by sheela sweetly?

?/SP2: Isnt Sheela playing key board sweetly?

Isnt key board being played sheela sweetly?

?/T1: Sheela is playing key board sweetly, isnt She?

Key board is being played by sheela sweetly, isnt It?

?/T2: Sheela isnt playing key board sweetly, is she?

Key board isnt being played by sheela sweetly, is It?

Note:

Let it be listened, Just the exercises have been practiced in Simple present and present continuous tenses, we can observe for all tenses on both voices in the lesson named Statement promotion tense wise”

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V.MAHENDIRAN 

AUTHOR