TENSE
Do you know the idea of different
forms of verbs? Generally, there are five different forms of the verb in
English. They are:
|
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
|
go |
went |
gone |
going |
goes |
STRUCTURES
PRESENT
TENSE
1.
Simple present: S+V1/V5+O.
Negative: S+
do/does(not)+V1+O.
Question: Do/does+S+V1+O?
2.
Present Continuous: S+ is/am/are+V4+O.
Negative: S+
is/am/are(not)+V4+O.
Question: Is/Am/Are+S+V4+O?
3.
Present Perfect: S+has/have+V3+O.
Negative: S+
has/have(not)+V3+O.
Question: Has/Have+S+V3+O?
4.
Present Perfect Continuous:
S+has/have+been+V4+O.
Negative: S+
has/have(not)+been+V4+O.
Question: Has/
have+S+been+V4+O?
PAST
TENSE
5.
Simple past: S+V2+O.
Negative: S+
did (not)+V1+O.
Question: Did+S+V1+O?
6.
Past Continuous: S+ was/were+V4+O.
Negative: S+
was/were(not)+V4+O.
Question: Was/were+S+V4+O?
7.
Past Perfect: S+had+V3+O.
Negative: S+
had(not)+V3+O.
Question: Had+S+V3+O?
8.
Past Perfect Continuous: S+had+been+V4+O.
Negative: S+
had(not)+been+V4+O.
Question: Had+S+been+V4+O?
FUTURE
TENSE
9.
Simple future: S+will/shall+V1+O.
Negative: S+
will/shall (not)+V1+O.
Question: Will/
shall+S+V1+O?
10.
Future Continuous: S+ will/shall+be +V4+O.
Negative: S+
will/shall(not)+be+V4+O.
Question: Will/shall+S+be+V4+O?
11.
Past Perfect: S+will/shall+have+V3+O.
Negative: S+will/shall+have(not)+V3+O.
Question: Will/shall+have+S+V3+O?
12.
Past Perfect Continuous: S+will/shall+have+been+V4+O.
Negative: S+will/shall+
have(not)+been+V4+O.
Question: Will/shall+S+have+been+V4+O?
You can read the situations in which those
different aspects of tenses are used.
PRESENT TENSE
1. Simple Present Tense: S+V1/V5+O.
Singular subject except (I) -He/She/It/Mira -V5
Plural subject like I/We/You/They/ The
girls -V1
This tense is used to express:
a. a. habitual actions/ regular or daily
activities/ universal or general truth
We
go to school. The sun rises in the east.
b. b. time table
The bus leaves the bus park at 7 am.
c. with the time adverbs like:
always, regularly, usually,
sometimes, generally, often, seldom, occasionally, never, frequently,
constantly, rarely, hardly, nowadays, daily, everyday/week/month/year, today,
this day, these days etc.
Mohan
goes to his office every day.
2. Present Continuous Tense: S+ is/am/are+V4+O
Singular
subject (He/She/It/A boy) - is
I
- am
Plural
subject (We/You/They/The girls) - are
This tense is used:
a. with the time adverbs
now, still, at present, at the moment, at this time
Ram is reading a book now.
b. b. after imperative sentences
Don’t
speak loudly. He is writing an essay.
3. Present Perfect Tense: S+has/have+V3+O.
Singular
subject (He/She/It/Ram/ A dog) - has
I - have
Plural
subject (We/You/They/The girls) - have
This tense is used
a.
with recent past actions which still
have results
He has painted his
house. It looks attractive.
b. with the time adverbs:
already, just, recently, yet, lately
since + time point [since 2001]
for + time period [ for 19 years]
He
has already finished his homework.
· c. to express interesting
event or experience of life
I have
been to Thailand.
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense: S+has/have+been+V4+O.
This tense is used to express the action that began in the past
which is still going on.
I have
been living in Chitwan for ten years now.
PAST TENSE
5. Simple Past Tense: S+V2+O.
This tense is used
a.
with the time adverbs:
yesterday, ago, before, in 2007, in the past, last
week/month/year etc.
I went to Morang last month.
6. Past Continuous Tense: S+ was/were+V4+O.
Plural subject
(We/You/They/ The boys) -were
Singular
Subject (I/He/She/It/A boy) -
was
This tense is used
a.
with the past action which continued
for some time
Mohan's father was working
in the field.
b.
for the long action if there are two
actions in the sentence (generally joined by when/while)
When she knocked at the door, I was
cooking in the kitchen.
7. Past Perfect Tense: S+had+V3+O.
This tense is used
a. for the action which was completed or
happened before the latter action
in
the past
Before the
policeman came, the thieves had run away.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense: S+had+been+V4+O
This tense is used to express very
long action which happened in the past.
He had
been living in Dhading for 20 years in the past.
FUTURE
TENSE
9. Simple Future Tense: S+will/shall+V1+O.
This tense is used
a. a. to express simple future actions
I will write a story.
b. with these time adverbs:
tomorrow, soon, shortly, in the future, in the coming days
next week/month/year etc.
He
will go to Pokhara next month.
10. Future Continuous Tense: S+ will/shall+be+V4+O.
This
tense is used to express ongoing action in future
I will be doing
my homework at this time tomorrow.
11. Future Perfect Tense: S+ will/shall+ have+V3+O.
This tense is used with by+future time
By tomorrow/
by 2025AD etc
By next year
they will have completed the construction of the bridge.
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense: S+will/shall +have+
been+ V4+O.
This tense is used with
By/before + future time and for + period of time
By next year we will have been living in
Kathmandu for ten years.
Videos to check your
competency in tense.
Part-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctg7EsVUsb4&t=11s
Part-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdZPO5RJ1dA&t=5s
Part-3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NlppHi6Vz8&t=19s
For Voice CLICK HERE.
For Agreement CLICK HERE.
For exercise CLICK HERE
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