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The book is written       The book is being written     The book was written       The book was being written     The book has been written     The book has been being written   The book had been written     The book had been being written   The book will be written     The book will be being written   The book will have been written   The book will have been being written             verb continuous past future is never used   Examples ready The house is built. now The house is being built. Someone is building a house. ready when The food was cooked when you arrived. The food was ready when you arrived. when The food was being cooked when you arrived. Someone was cooking. till now and on The house has been built for ten years. It still isn’t ready. ---   until and on The house had been built for ten years when you arrived. It still wasn’t ready. ---   next year The house will be built. when The house will be being built when you (will) arrive. Someone will be working. until The house will have been built for ten years when you (will) arrive. It will not be ready. ---   He is said to work hard. Many people say he works hard.   They promised him a good job. A good job was promised to him. He was promised a good job.

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