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75 Scheme of Tenses.1

STATE. INDEFINITE. INCOMPLETE. COMPLETE. COMPLETE
POST CONTINUOUS.
it

Un
a,

Time.
Present.
Past..
Future
Present.
Past..
Future.

(I) take
(I) took
(I) shall take
(I) am ]
(I) am being [
(I) shallbe
(I) shall be j

ACT
(I) am taking
(I) was taking
(I) shall be taking

IVE.
(I) have taken
(I) had taken
(I) shall have taken

(I) have been taking
(I) had been taking
(I) shall have been
taking

PASSIVE.
(I) am being ' (I) have been
(I) was being.S (I) had been 0
(I) shall be being2 J (I) shall have been

1 For a fuller scheme of the whole of the Active form, see Par. 584.

2 Not used.