Tenses Action taking place now , before or later on

Three phases

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

Present TenseSimple Present Tense

Ex….. We walk to school.Simple Past Tense

Ex. …. We walked to school. Simple future Tense

Ex. …. We will walk to school.

Simple Present Tense

subject

• Sita• They• Monkeys

verb

• goes• play• eat

object• to

school.• guitar.• bananas.

Be [ verb]

I am happy .He is first in the class.They are here.

Examples Sun rises in the east . ( universal fact )I get up early in the morning . ( habit ) His office opens at 9 am . ( routine )It rains heavily in August . ( repeated

regular action )

Current / general status Current / general status Frame questions He is Bengali. Is he Bengali ?

They are young. Are they young ?

She is old . Is she old ?

That man is crazy . Is he crazy ?

Simple Past Tense( regular verbs )subject

• Father• Mother• The bomb• She

• I• Britishers

verb+ed

• returned• finished• exploded• picked

• watched• ruled

object

• from office.• cooking.

• up the phone.

• TV last night.

• India for 200 years.

Simple Past Tense ( Irregular verbs ) subject Verb ( Past) object

He wrote an essay.

They sang a patriotic song.

She wore a beautiful dress.

My uncle drove us to the party.

He built his bright career.

Simple Future TenseSubject

• She• Ramesh• I• We

• They• He

will +verb

• will join• will take• will go• will start

• will attend• will begin

object

• the college.

• up a job.• Tomorrow.• a new

course.• the

seminar.• his journey

tomorrow.

Present Continuous TenseSubject be+verb+ing object

I am playing football.They are writing answers.She is playing guitar.Everyone is enjoying the party.Children are working on a science

project.

My friends are planning a trip to Agra.

Continued ….. ( play )

•am playing.

I•are playing.you,we,

they

•is playing.he,she,It

Past Continuous Tensesubject be+verb+ing object

We were running on tracks.

She was baking a chocolate cake.

He was laughing on us.

You were talking to someone.

I was waiting for you.

Soldiers were marching with their captain.

Continued……

•was writing.

I•were writing.you,we,they

•was writing.

he,she

•was raining.It

Continued ………I was playing badminton at this time

yesterday.She was cycling at 5 pm yesterday.They were playing table tennis at 6 pm last

evening.He was watching a movie with his friends last

weekend.

Continued …..Neena hurt herself when she was jumping on

the vaulting horse.Sonu cut himself when he was peeling an

apple.They were watching TV when my aunt arrived.

Future Continuous TenseSubject will /shall +be + verb+ ing

We will be waiting for you at 8 am tomorrow.

I will be playing football when you reach tomorrow.

He will be working in his kitchen garden at 10 am tomorrrow.

Present Perfect Tense

•have eaten.

I,you,we,they•has eaten.

he,she,Mohit

•has started.It

Continued… ( already / yet )Have you eaten the apples yet ? Yes, I have already eaten the apples.( once / twice) I have given flowers to my teacher only once.Have you submtted the assignments twice ?No, I have submitted the assignments only

once.

Continued …..Ever / neverHave you ever celebrated Dandiya festival ?NO , I have never celebrated Dandiya festival .( since / for)I have played piano since 2011.I have played piano for 3 years.( how long)How long have you painted pictures ?I have painted pictures since March 2009 .

Past Perfect TenseSubject had+Past

ParticipleObject

I had eaten the breakfast before I went to school.

They had left the home, when my friend stopped by.

We had visited Kashmir long before the Nepal trip.

Continued ….(after / before )After I had finished work , I watched TV.Before I watched TV, I had finished my work.( by the time / as soon as )By the time the police arrived , the thief had

escaped.As soon as the thief had escaped , the police

arrived.

Future Perfect Tense Subject

• I• They• She

• He

will+have+Past Participle

• will have reached• will have completed• will have worked

• will have written

Object

• the market.• the project.• there for ten

years.• the story.

Present Perfect continuous TenseSubject +have/has +verb+ been + ing + object They have been studying for exactly three hours.

Negative Form: She hasn’t been working since she came home.

Interrogative Form Has he been learning English since his childhood ?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Subject + had + been + verb + ingWrite the past perfect continuous form for

these verbs:Pay help talk cleanHe had been paying the electricity bill. She had been helping small children.Shelly had been talking to the chief guest.They had been cleaning the room.

Future Perfect Continuous TenseSubject + will + have + been+ verb+ ing Shelly will have been dreaming about the end

of class for an hour by 10:00 AM.She will have been teachingThey will have been hoping to win the match.He will have been arranging the new house. Sumit will have been driving .

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Durba Kar