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TENSES
GUIDED BY: MY SELF
WHAT IS A TENSE
TENSE=TIME
TIME
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
Future tensePast tense Present tense12:58 01:00
CONTINUED…….
There are threeMain tenses
The PresentThe PastThe Future
EACH TENSE HAS FOUR FORMSSIMPLE: Present, Past, Future
CONTINUOUS: Present, Past, Future
PERFECT: Present, Past, Future
PERFECT CONTINUOUS: Present, Past, Future
SIMPLE PAST
PAST FORM OF VERB IS CALLED
SIMPLE PAST
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE FUTURE
CONTINUOS TENSE
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
PAST PERFECT TENSE
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PERFECT TENSE
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE PAST
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE
Simple Present
I play.
Simple PastI played.
Simple FutureI will play.
Present ContinuousI am playing.
Past ContinuousI was playing.
Future ContinuousI will be playing.
Present PerfectI have played.
Past PerfectI had played.
Future PerfectI will have played.
Present Perfect ContinuousI have been playing
for two hours.
Past Perfect ContinuousI had been playingwhen you came.
Future PerfectContinuousI will have been playingfor two hours at 2 o’clock.
COMMON MISTAKES IN TENSES
1.It is raining since yesterday. X It has been raining since yesterday.
2. I reached the station before the train had arrived. X I had reached the station before the train arrived.
3. Yesterday we had seen the panther. X Yesterday we saw the panther.
4. I had been playing a match. I had been playing a match yesterday, so couldn’t go out with my friends.
THANK U
BHARATH
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