BY- SANJEEV RATHORE

CLAUSE

Conditional sentence

When the main verb is in Future Tense, use Present

Simple in clauses with if, till, as soon as, when, unless,

before, until, even if, in case and as.

Eg:

•We shall wait till she arrives.

•I shall not go there even if it rains.

Time and Tense Rules

Time and Tense Rules

But these words can be used in progressive form in the

following cases.

•The Session Judge is hearing our case.

•We are thinking of going to London next year.

•I am seeing my lawyer today.

•I am having some difficulties with this puzzle.

Time and Tense

One must not use adverbs of past time like yesterday, last

year, last month, ago, short while ago etc. with Present

Perfect Tense.

Eg:

•Incorrect – He has completed his book yesterday.

•Correct – He completed his book yesterday.

•Incorrect – We have met 3 days ago.

•Correct – We met 3 days ago.

Rules

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Time and Tense

In the following structure the use of Simple Past denotes

unreal past and present time situation.

Eg:

•It is time we went home. (It is time for us to go home.)

•It is time you finished. (It is time for you to finish.)

Rules

Time and Tense

Use of Past Continuous with ‘When’ and ‘While’

When is usually used when one action was completed and

another action was going on.

When gives the meaning ‘at the time that’.

Eg:

•When he arrived, his wife was washing her clothes.

•When she went to Banaras, she bought a sari.

Rules