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TENSES
BY: ADITYA KUMAR PATHAK
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF TENSES
1) SIMPLE TENSE
2) CONTINUOUS TENSE
3) PERFECT TENSE
READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENSES
1) ANITA IS HERE TODAY.
2) MY MOTHER IS UNWELL.
3) ANITA WAS HERE YESTARDAY
4) MY MOTHER WAS UNWELL.
5) ANITA WILL COME HERE
TOMORROW.
6) MY MOTHER WILL GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
1) The verb ‘is’ in the first
two sentences shows the present
time. They are said to be in the
Present Tense.
2) The verb ‘was’ in the next two
sentences shows the time that has
gone by/past time. They are said to
be in the Past Tense.
3) The verb ‘will’ in the last two
sentences shows the time that will
come/future time. They are said to
be in the Future Tense.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Cow like grass
The sun sets in the west.
All the colored words are
verbs. These verbs are in
the Simple Present Tense.
In the Simple Present Tense, the
first form of the verb is used. In
some cases, ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ is added.
REMEMBER
I, we, you, they and all plural
subjects = First form of the verb.
He, she, it and all singular subjects
=
First form of the verb + ‘-s’ or ‘-es’.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Anil and Ramesh
went
to the market
Rahul ate
an
ice-cream
The verbs in these sentences are
in the Simple Past Tense which
show that the action has taken
place sometime back.
In the Simple Past Tense, the past
tense form of the verbs is used ; like –
went, bought, ate, liked, wanted, e.t.c.
REMEMBER
1) While asking questions, we
put ‘did’ before a subject and
use the first form of the verb.
E.g. Why did Rahul not eat a
ice-cream ?
2) In the negative sentences, we
use ‘did not’ + first form of the
verbs, e.g., ‘did not buy’/ ‘did
not eat’. E.g. Anish and Ramesh
did not go to the market. Rahul
did not eat an ice-cream.
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Read these sentences :
Present Tense
Shanu works =
Tina does her =
homework today
The plane takes =
Future Tense
Shanu will work.
Tina will do her
homework today.
The plane will off.
THE VERB ‘WILL BE’ OR
‘WILL’ DENOTE, AN
ACTION IS TO BE DONE IN
THE FUTURE. SUCH A
VERB IS SAID TO BE IN
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Harsh is cutting the cake.
The monkeys
are jumping.
All the colored words are verbs in the
Present Continuous Tense as they
denote an action that is going on or
continuing.
REMEMBER
1. In the Present Continuous
Tense, we use :
‘is’/’am’/’are’ + first form of
the verb + ‘-ing’.
2. We use Present Continuous
Tense to tell what is happening
now.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Mr. Basu was running Sudeep was studying when
after the bus
his friends came.
The verbs was running, was studying
denote actions that were going on or
continuing some time in the past.
Such verbs was said to be in the
Present Continuous Tense.
REMEMBER
In the Past Continuous
Tense we use:
‘was’/’were’ + first form
of the verb + ‘-ing’.
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