L3_S30_Tenses (All tense forms with sentences)

L3_S30_Tenses (All tense forms with sentences)

Tenses mention the time of action words, that is Verbs. Verbs could be in three tenses: past, present, and future. Each of those tenses has four different forms.

The past tense is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago).

The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now or continuous things.

The future tense describes things that are yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now).

PAST TENSES

·         Simple Past- The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

·         Past Perfect- The past perfect is used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.

·         Past Continuous- The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past.

·         Past Perfect Continuous- The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is constructed using had been + the verb’s present participle (root + -ing).

PRESENT TENSES

·         Simple Present- The simple present is used when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly (or unceasingly, which is why it’s sometimes called present indefinite).

·         Present Perfect - The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.

·         Present Continuous- The present continuous verb tense indicates that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.

·         Present perfect Continuous - The present perfect continuous refers to an action or state that started at an indefinite time and is continuing at the moment too.

FUTURE TENSES

·         Simple Future- The simple future is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet.

·         Future Perfect- The future perfect is a verb tense used for actions that will be completed before some other point in the future.

·         Future Continuous- The future continuous tense, sometimes also referred to as the future progressive tense, is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time.

·         Future Perfect Continuous- The future perfect continuous, also sometimes called the future perfect progressive, is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future. The future perfect continuous consists of will + have + been + the verb’s present participle (verb root + -ing). 

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Activity

Identify the Tense form of the given sentences and write it.

Example: I am good. – Simple present tense

1.    I was going to work.

2.    I had gone to work.

3.    I went to work.

4.    We were painting the door when a bird struck the window.

5.    Rover had eaten the pie before we got home.

6.    She had been painting the door before the dog scratched it.

7.    We have been trying to solve the problem for two hours.

8.    Bill writes the letters.

9.    Peter is coming to our place.

10. Bob has given the book to Allen.

11. Rock wants to sing.

12. Lisa has been living in this area for twenty years.

13. I have worked.

14. Robin will be joining us at the meeting.

15. The lyricist will have written a realistic song for the film.

16. You will be shopping at that market tomorrow.

17. We will have watched a movie in this Cineplex by this time if you have arrived earlier. 

18. When I turn thirty, I will have been playing piano for twenty-one years.

19. They will play football in that field.

20. I will have been learning Hindi in the next three months.

 

Extra activity

Write sentences for each of the 12 tense forms on your own or refer to your textbook to write sentences for the 12 tense forms (at least one sentence for each tense form).