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PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE
PAST
PRESENT
ACTION
IN THE
FUTURE
INTERRUPTED
ACTION
IN THE
PAST
HAPPENS
NOW OR
NEAR
FUTURE
WILL BE SAYING
WAS, WERE + SAYING
AM, IS, ARE + SAYING
PLAN
IDIOMATIC FUTURE
AM
IS + GOING TO SAY
ARE
Am I saying "yes"
tonight?
Was she saying her opinion when he asked?
Will he be saying a poem tomorrow night?
Are little children going to say a lot of words?
SIMPLE
PERFECT
PRESENT
PRESENT
BEGAN IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES
REPEATED
ACTIONS
HAVE / HAS + SAID
DO / DOES - NEG. INT.
ADD S - AFF.
TENSES
Has he ever said his real name?
Does he always say it wrong?
INFINITIVE TO SAY
PAST
PAST
Conversation Verb
PRESENT SAY
COMPLETED ACTION
IN
THE
PAST
DID + SAY (NEG. / INT.)
SAID (AFF.)
HAD SAID
HAPPENED
BEFORE
ANOTHER
IN THE
PAST
PAST SAID
Did he say his name a minute ago?
Had they said goodbye before Mom asked?
PERFECT SAID
PROMISE
FUTURE
TO SAY
WILL SAY
PRO. SAYING
FUTURE
Will he say who is guilty later?
WILL HAVE SAID
HAPPENED BEFORE
ANOTHER
IN THE
FUTURE
Will they have said they are coming before we invite them?