Three verb forms (example) write, wrote, written
Active Voice Passive Voice
Interrogative …. Interrogative …
(Add WH form in the beginning if (Add WH form in the beginning if
Negative sentence Negative sentence
needed) (For negative question use needed) (For negative question use
negative form of bold word) negative form of bold word)
I don’t write a book
Simple I write a book Do I write …. The book is written Is the book written
He doesn’t write a ….. isn’t / aren’t ….
Present He writes a book Does he write …? The books are written Are the books written
book
The book was written Was the book written
Simple Past I wrote a book I didn’t write a book Did I write …? … wasn’t / weren’t ...
The books were written Were the books written
Simple
I will write a book I won’t write …. Will I write …? The book will be written ….. won’t be …. Will the book be written
Future
I am not writing ….
I am writing a book Am I writing …? The book is being written
Present He isn’t writing …. … isn’t being / aren’t Is the book being written?
He is writing a book Is he writing …? The books are being
Continuous They aren’t writing being … Are the books being written?
They are writing books Are they writing …? written
….
The book was being
I wasn’t writing ….
Past I was writing a book Was I writing …? written … wasn’t being / Was the book being written?
They weren’t writing
Continuous They were writing books Were they writing .? The books were being weren’t being … Were the books being written?
…
written
Future
I will be writing a book I won’t be writing …. Will I be writing …?
Continuous
The book has been written
Present I have written a book I haven’t written …. Have I written …? … hasn’t been / Has the book been written?
The books have been
Perfect He has written a book He hasn’t written …. Has he written …? haven’t been …. Have the books been written?
written
The book had been
Past Perfect I had written a book I hadn’t written …. Had I written …? … hadn’t been … Had the book been written?
written
Future I won’t have written The book will have been Will the book have been
I will have written a book Will I have written .? … won’t have been …
Perfect … written written?
Modal Verbs are will. shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, must…. (Format for each modal verb is same)
Modal Verbs
Active Voice Passive Voice
Negative Interrogative Negative Interrogative
The book shouldn’t be Should the book be
I should write a book I shouldn’t write a book Should I write a book? The book should be written
written written?