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    GRAMMAR

    TENSES = TIME

    PRESENT TENSE

    SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (INDEFINITE) RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS ROUTUNE , UNIVERSAL TRUTH, 1. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1)
    HABITS , PROCESSES, FACTS ETC.
    2. USAGE OF S / ES WITH THIRD PERSON
    SINGULAR i.e.- ( HE , SHE , IT)
    3. USAGE OF DO / DOES + V1

    EXAMPLES: - 1. HE PLAYS.
    2. I LIKE TO EAT ICE CREAM.

    PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE (PROGRESSIVE) RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE CONTINUITY OF ACTION IN 1. USAGE OF IS / AM / ARE
    PRESENT.
    2. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1) + ING

    EXAMPLES: - 1. I AM WRITING A LETTER.


    2. THEY ARE PLAYING.

    PRESENT PERFECT TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION OF ACTION IN 1. THIRD FORM OF VERB (V3)
    PRESENT / RECENT PAST.
    2. USAGE OF HAS / HAVE
    3. HAS – THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
    i.e. – HE / SHE/ IT
    HAVE – WITH REST ALL WE USE HAVE.

    EXAMPLES: - 1. HE HAS FINISHED HIS HOMEWORK.


    2. I HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE.

    PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION OF ACTION AND 1. USAGE OF HAS BEEN / HAVE BEEN
    CONTINUITY OF AN ACTION.
    2. FIRST FORM OF VERB(V1) + ING
    3. USAGE OF SINCE / FOR

    EXAMPLES: - 1. I have been studying for three hours.


    2. He has been playing football for a long time.
    PAST TENSE
    SIMPLE PAST TENSE (INDEFINITE) RULES:-
    = TO EXPRESS THE ACTION OF DISTANT PAST. 1. SECOND FORM OF VERB (V2)
    2. DID + FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1)
    3. USE OF ‘ED’

    EXAMPLES:- 1. They reached Goa yesterday.


    2. I WROTE A LETTER.

    PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE CONTINUITY OF ACTION IN 1. USAGE OF WAS / WERE
    PAST. 2. WAS = SINGULAR
    3. WERE = PLURAL
    4. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1) + ING

    EXAMPLES:- 1. I was making dinner when she arrived.


    2. WE WERE PLAYING YESTERDAY.

    PAST PERFECT TENSE RULES :-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION OF ACTION 1. THIRD FORM OF VERB (V3)
    BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION OF THE PAST.
    2. USAGE OF HAD

    EXAMPLES: - 1. He had met him before the party.


    2. I had written an email before he apologized.

    PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE RULES :-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION OF ACTION AS 1. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1) + ING
    WELL AS CONTINUITY OF ACTION IN THE PAST.
    2. USAGE OF HAD BEEN
    3. USAGE OF SINCE / FOR

    EXAMPLES: - 1. I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.
    2. The program that was terminated had been working well since 1945.
    FUTURE TENSE
    SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE ( INDEFINITE ) RULES:-
    = TO EXPRESS AN ACTION IN FUTURE. 1. USAGE OF WILL / SHALL
     SHALL = I / WE
     WILL BE USED WITH I WHEN THE ACTION
    IS FOR SURE.
    2. FIRST FORM OF VERB. (V1)

    EXAMPLES: - 1. It will rain tomorrow.


    2. They will cook dinner.
    3. If it rains, our bus will halt in the village.
    4. You shall obey my orders.

    FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE CONTINUITY OF ACTION IN THE 1. USAGE OF WILL BE / SHALL BE
    FUTURE.
    2. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1) + ING

    EXAMPLES:-1. John will be running a marathon this Saturday.


    2. I will be arriving at five o’clock.

    FUTURE PERFECT TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION OF ACTION IN 1. USAGE OF WILL HAVE / SHALL HAVE
    THE FUTURE.
    2. THIRD FORM OF VERB (V3)

    EXAMPLES: - 1. India will have become a superpower by 2025.


    2. They will have played football in that field before you reach.

    FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE RULES:-


    = TO EXPRESS THE COMPLETION AN ACTION AS 1. WILL HAVE BEEN / SHALL HAVE BEEN
    WELL AS THE CONTINUITY OF AN ACTION IN THE
    FUTURE.
    2. FIRST FORM OF VERB (V1) + ING
    3. USAGE OF SINCE AND FOR (TIME)

    EXAMPLES: - 1. In November, I will have been working at my company for three years.
    2. When I turn thirty, I will have been playing piano for twenty-one years.

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