English Grammar 1: Tense

ENGLISH GRAMMAR: 1. TENSE SEBASTIAN VATTAMATTAM 1. Present, Past, and Futire 1.1. Present, Past, and Future -Simple. Example 1.1. (1) Jim takes a book. (2) Jim took a book. (3) Jim will take a book. 1.2. Present, Past, and Future -Continuous. Example 1.2. (1) Jim is taking a book. (2) Jim was taking a book. (3) Jim will be taking a book. 1.3. Present, Past, and Future -Perfect. Example 1.3. (1) Jim has taken a book. (2) Jim had taken a book. (3) Jim will have taken a book. 2. Present Tense 2.1. Simple Present. Example 2.1. (1) I take a book. (2) You take a book. (3) We take a book. (4) He takes a book. (5) She takes a book. (6) They take a book. 2.2. Present Continuous. Example 2.2. (1) I am taking a book. (2) You are taking a book. (3) We are taking a book. (4) He is taking a book. (5) She is taking a book. (6) They are taking a book. 2.3. Present Perfect. Example 2.3. (1) I have taken a book. (2) You have taken a book. (3) We have taken a book. (4) He has taken a book. (5) She has taken a book. (6) They have taken a book. 12 SEBASTIAN VATTAMATTAM 3. Past Tense 3.1. Simple Past. Example 3.1. (1) I took a book. (2) You took a book. (3) We took a book. (4) He took a book. (5) She took a book. (6) They took a book. 3.2. Past Continuous. Example 3.2. (1) I was taking a book. (2) You were taking a book. (3) We were taking a book. (4) He was taking a book. (5) She was taking a book. (6) They were taking a book. 3.3. Past Perfect. Example 3.3. (1) I had taken a book. (2) You had taken a book. (3) We had taken a book. (4) He had taken a book. (5) She had taken a book. (6) They had taken a book.4. Future Tense 4.1. Simple Future. Example 4.1. (1) I shall/will take a book. (2) You will take a book. (3) We will take a book. (4) He will take a book. (5) She will take a book. (6) They will take a book. 4.2. Future Continuous. Example 4.2. (1) I shall/will be taking a book. (2) You will be taking a book. (3) We will be taking a book. (4) He will be taking a book. (5) She will be taking a book. (6) They will be taking a book. 4.3. Future Perfect. Example 4.3. (1) I shall/will have taken a book. (2) You will have taken a book. (3) We will have taken a book. (4) He will have taken a book.GRAMMAR 3 (5) She will have taken a book. (6) They will have taken a book. 5. Some Special Verbs • to be • can • may To be Example 5.1. (1) Jim is a student. (2) Jim was a student. (3) Jim will be a student. 5.1. Present, Past, and Future -Continuous. Example 5.2. (1) Jim is being taught. (2) Jim was being taught (3) Jim will be being taught. 5.2. Present, Past, and Future -Perfect. Example 5.3. (1) Jim has been taught. (2) Jim had been taught. (3) Jim will have been taught. 6. Present Tense 6.1. Simple Present. Example 6.1. (1) I am a student. (2) You are a student (3) We are students. (4) He is a student (5) She is a student. (6) They are students. 6.2. Present Continuous. Example 6.2. (1) I am being taught. (2) You are being taught. (3) We are being taught. (4) He is being taught. (5) She is being taught. (6) They are being taught. 6.3. Present Perfect. Example 6.3. (1) I have been taught. (2) You have been taught. (3) We have been taught. (4) He has been taught. (5) She has been taught. (6) They has been taught.4 SEBASTIAN VATTAMATTAM 7. Past Tense 7.1. Simple Past. Example 7.1. (1) I was a student. (2) You were a student. (3) We were students. (4) He was a student. (5) She was a student. (6) They were a students. 7.2. Past Continuous. Example 7.2. (1) I was being taught. (2) You were being taught. (3) We were being taught. (4) He was being taught. (5) She was being taught. (6) They were being taught. 7.3. Past Perfect. Example 7.3. (1) I had been taught. (2) You had been taught. (3) We had been taught. (4) He had been taught. (5) She had been taught. (6) They had been taught.8. Future Tense 8.1. Simple Future. Example 8.1. (1) I shall/will be a student. (2) You will be a student. (3) We will be students. (4) He will be a student. (5) She will be a student. (6) They will be students. 8.2. Future Continuous. Example 8.2. (1) I shall/will be being taught. (2) You will be being taught. (3) We will be being taught. (4) He will be being taught. (5) She will be being taught. (6) They will be being taught. 8.3. Future Perfect. Example 8.3. (1) I shall/will have been taught. (2) You will have been taught. (3) We will have been taught. (4) He will have been taught.GRAMMAR 5 (5) She will have been taught. (6) They will have been taught.