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LEARNING ENGLISH 14
by S.P. Iyer|
Refreshing notes There are three main tenses-Tense means time in grammar
Present tense - simple/continuous/perfect/past participle
Past tense -simple/continuous/perfect/past participle
Future tense -simple/continuous/perfect/past participle
The tense of a verb tell uss you when the action of the verbs takes place
Singular Plural
Present tense (simple)-routinely action-regular
I eat We eat *The students should note that the usage of
irregular verbs applies here
You run You run * to the regular verbs you add -d or ed(past tense)
He,She,sleeps They sleep * when the regular verbs refer to the activities of third persons
ie He/She/It you have to add -s (present tense)
Past tense (simple)-routinely action of yesterday or of any time before-regular
I ate We ate
You ran You ran * Take note of the irregular verbs applications
He,She,slept They slept
Future tense (simple))-routinely action that will commence tomorrow or at any time in the future
I will eat We will eat
You shall run You shall run *Take note of the irregular verbs applications
He,She,will sleep They will sleep
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Present tense (continuous action -now)-
I am eating We are eating
You are running You are running *You have to just add ---ing to the verb
He,She, is sleeping They are sleeping
Past tense (continuous action of yesterday or at any time in the past)
I was eating We were eating
You were running You were running
He,She,was sleeping They were sleeping
Future tense(action will be started and continuous at a particular time in the future)
I will be eating We will be eating
You will be running You will be running
He,She, will be sleeping They will be sleeping
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Present perfect tense(started in the past and recently finished)
I have eaten We have eaten
You have run You have run
He,She,has slept They have slept *Take note of the irregular verbs
Past perfect tense(finished before some other past action)
I had eaten We had eaten
You had run You had run
He,She, had slept They had slept
Future perfect tense(action will have been started and finished before a particular time in the future)
I will have eaten We will have eaten
You will have run You will have run
He,She, will have slept They will have slept
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Past participle-Present tense-Started action in the past and continues still
I have been eating We have been eating *You just add ---ing to the verb
You have been running You have been running
He,She, has been sleeping They have been sleeping
Past participle -Past tense-started action and was in progress at a particular time in the past
I had been eating We had been eating
You had been running You had been running
He,She, had been sleeping They had been sleeping
Past participle-Future Tense-action will be in progress at a particular time in the future
I will have been eating We will have been eating
You will have been running You will have been running
He,She, will have been sleeping They will have been sleeping
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