舉例

一般現在時：I water the flowers.The fowers are watered .

現在進行時：I am watering the flowers.The flowers are being watered.

一般過去時：I watered the flowers.The flowers were watered.

過去進行時：I was watering the flowers by this time yesterday.The flowers were watered by this time yesterday.

現在完成時：I have watered the flowers.The flowers have been watered.

過去完成時：I had watered the flowers.The flowers had been watered.

一般將來時：I shall(will) water the flowers.The flowers will be watered.

將來進行時：I shall be watering the flowers tomorrow.The flowers will be watered tomorrow.