TENSES

TENSES AND THEIR USES : TENSES AND THEIR USES PRESENTED BY MAHIPAL SHARMA B.Sc,M.A.(ENG),M.Ed.P.G.C.T.E(CIEFL) NEW HORIZON LEARNING CENTRE, INDIA

THERE ARE TWO TENSES : THERE ARE TWO TENSES PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE FUTURE TIME(THERE IS NO FUTURE TENSE )

PRESENT TENSE : PRESENT TENSE THE PRESENT SIMPLE THE PRSENT CONTINUOUS THE PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

THE PRESENT SIMPLE : THE PRESENT SIMPLE HABITUAL ACTION MY BROTHER ALWAYS GETS UP EARLY. GENERAL TRUTH TREES PREVENT SOIL EROSION. FOR DRAMATIC NARRATIVE (COMMENTRY ON SOPORTS,PUBLIC EVENTS) THEY TAKE OUT THEIR GUNS AND FIRE IN THE AIR . INSTRUCTION TAKE THIS LETTER AND GO TO THE SCHOOL.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS : THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING SHEENA IS READING A NOVEL. ACTION IN PROGRESS BUT NOT HAPPENING AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING WE ARE PRACTISING YOGA NOW A DAYS.

THE PRESENT PERFECT : THE PRESENT PERFECT RECENTLY COMPLETED ACTION ROHAN HAS JUST WOKEN UP. INDEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST I HAVE VISITED THE U.S.A. ACTION THAT BEGAN IN THE PAST AND STILL CONTINUING SHE HAS ALWAYS WALKED TO HIS OFFICE.

THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS : THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS ACTION THAT BEGAN IN THE PAST AND ARE STILL CONTINUING WE ARE WATCHING T.V. FOR LAST FIVE YEARS. UNINTERRUPTED ACTIONS IN THE PAST THOUGH NOT HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT SHE IS COLD BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN SWIMMING SINCE 10 O’CLOCK. ACTIONS WITH PRESENT RESULTS HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING?(YOU LOOK TIRED.)

THE PAST TENSES : THE PAST TENSES THE PAST SIMPLE THE PAST CONTINUOUS THE PAST PERFECT THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

THE PAST SIMPLE : THE PAST SIMPLE ACTION DONE IN IMMEDIATE PAST OR DISTANT PAST COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA. HABITUAL ACTION OF THE PAST HE ALWAYS SPOKE A LIE. UNREAL CONDITIONS IF I HAD A CAR,I WOULD VISIT DELHI. TO MAKE STATEMENT/REQUEST /QUESTION COULD YOU POST THIS LETTER?

THE PAST CONTINUOUS : THE PAST CONTINUOUS ACTION IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST I WAS WRITING A STORY WHOLE DAY. TWO ACTIONS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE PAST WHEN THE TEAHER WAS TEACHING ,PRINCIPAL WALKED IN.

THE PAST PERFECT : THE PAST PERFECT TWO SHOW WHICH OF THE TWO ACTIONS HAPPENED FIRST WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED THEIR WORK,THEY WENT TO THEIR HOME. TO EXPRESS UNFULFILLED CONDITIONS IF I HAD KNOWN ,I WOULD HAVE VISITED YOU.

THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS : THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS ACTIONS THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME IN THE PAST SURAJ HAD BEEN STUDYING WHOLE SAY.

FUTURE TIME : FUTURE TIME IS/ARE /AM +ABOUT TO FOR IMMEDIATE FUTURE BE FAST ,THE BUS IS ABOUT TO LEAVE.

FUTURE TIME : FUTURE TIME THE SIMPLE PRESENT FOR FUTURE ACTION SITA LEAVES FOR JODHPUR TOMORROW

FUTURE TIME : FUTURE TIME THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR PLANNED FUTURE ACTIONS WE ARE GOING TO LONDON TOMORROW.

FUTURE TIME : FUTURE TIME WILL/SHALL+1st FORM OF THE VERB FOR PREDICTIVE FUTURE WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS

FUTURE TIME : FUTURE TIME IS /ARE AM +GOING TO +1st FORM OF THE VERB FOR INTENTIONAL FUTURE I AM GOING TO COMPLAIN AGAINST YOU FOR YOUR MISBEHAVIOUR.