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TENSES

TODAY

I live in this house.

Children are playing.

She has just posted a letter.

We have been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes.

It snowed here last night.

The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan.

We were playing Cricket yesterday.

Our parents had taken us to a beach in 2006.

It rained heavily in Jammu yesterday.

Tendulkar had been batting for three hours.He had scored a century by lunch time.

We will also plant some trees tomorrow.

The Eid will be celebrated next week.

The boys will have been playing soccer since 4 p.m. next Sunday.

These questions are for you.Answer them honestly.

When were you born?

What are you doing now?

When will you come to school tomorrow?

A clock was shown on every slide you saw.

What does it suggest?

Choose one option:

The clock makes the slides look nice.

It suggests that Tenses identify the time of action.

We should always be punctual.

Time works in three modes . . .

Time gone by

Time now

Time yet to come

‘Time Now’ is called

PRESENT TENSE

Examples

Flowers are always beautiful.

The sun rises in the east.

Machu-Picchu is in South America.

Flowers are always beautiful.The sun rises in the east.Machu-Picchu is in South America.

These sentences state the fact or truth in Present Tense.

This form of Present is called

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Complete these sentences in Present Simple Tense to introduce your dad.

My dad _____ an engineer.He ____ 38 years old.He ________ for a walk every morning.He _________ very hard.I _________my dad.

In other words, Present Simple Tense expresses ‘Time Now’ as fact, truth, habitual action and state of being.

Patni Top is a beautiful place. (Fact, state of being)

Our Principal is an old man. (Fact, truth)

The Himalayas are high mountains. (Fact, truth)

I go to gym everyday. (Habitual action)

If the concept of Present Simple Tense is clear to you now,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

A. It _________ heavily during monsoons in India.B. Sania Mirza _________ tennis very well.C. The river Tawi_________through the city of Jammu.D. We always ___________ honest people.E. The Venus _______ the hottest planet in our solar

system.

What are these children doing?

They are praying.They are playing.

If the action in the Present Tense is happening now, this form of Present is called

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Describe the following actions in Present Continuous Tense

Don’t laugh at these children.They are not as lucky as you are.

If the concept of Present Continuous Tense is clear to you, you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

The stork is_________________.

This funny man is _______________________.

These women are _____________clothes.

The boys are __________ soccer.

The sun has just set.

The train has left the station.

The earthquake has damaged the road.

The sun has just set.The train has left the station.The earthquake has damaged the road.

When an action is completed in the Present Tense,this form of Present is called

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

If the concept of Present Perfect is clear to you, you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

Rahul has ___________ a goal.Argentina has _________ the World Cup.I have ___________ a new car.

We have been trekking for two hours.

I have been reading this book since morning.

Anoushka Shankar has been playing sitar since her childhood.

When the action started some time agoand is still going on, this kind of Present is called

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

If the concept of Present Perfect Continuous Tense is clear to you, you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

I have ______ __________ for four hours.This girl has ______ __________ her homework since 11 a.m.These girls have ____ ______ yoga for three years.

NOW FOR THE PAST TENSE . . .

We visited a zoo yesterday.

I phoned my friends just now.

My doggie barked at the monkey.

We visited a zoo yesterday.I phoned my friends just now.My doggie barked at the monkey.

In these sentences, the action happened a short time ago.

This kind of Past is called

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

If the concept of Past simple Tense is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

We ________ the match.The girls _____________ at my joke.

Let us complete this story in Past Simple Tense:

We _______ on a picnic yesterday. The weather ______ pleasant. We _______ our cycles to a nearby zoo. We _______ there in half an hour. We _________ the tickets for the zoo from the counter.We ________our cycles outside the zoo. Then we ______inside.We ________tigers, lions, zebras and a lot of birds. After seeing theanimals, we __________ under a tree and _______ out our lunch.We _______ our food silently. We ________ our picnic very much.

The farmers were working in the field.

Anita was climbing a rock.

The kids were planting a tree.

The farmers were working in the field.Anita was climbing a rock.The kids were planting a tree.

In these sentences, some action was going on in the past.This form of Past is called

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

If the concept of Past Continuous Tense is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

Peter was _____________ in his office.Mom was ______ the kitchen.

I had cooked some food for my friends.

We had planted a tree last year.

The birds had built a nest.

I had cooked some food for my friends.We had planted a tree last year.The birds had built a nest.

In these sentences, some action was completed in the past.This kind of Past is called

PAST PERFECT TENSE

If the concept of Past Perfect Tense is clear to you,You should be able to fill in the blanks below:

Yasmin had ______________ a lovely dress.The women had __________ the field for sowing.

The firemen had been working for two hours.

The passengers had been waiting for the train since 7 a.m.

It had been raining for one hour.

The firemen had been working for two hours.The passengers had been waiting for the train since 7 a.m.It had been raining for one hour.

In these sentences, action had started in the past and was still going on.This type of Past is called

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

If the concept of Past Perfect Continuous is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

The farmers had ______ _________ the crop for one week.We had ____ ________ to the speech for half an hour.

NOW FOR THE FUTURE TENSE . . .

These students will make a project on farming.

We will watch a movie tomorrow.

President Obama will visit India soon.

These students will make a project on farming.We will watch a movie tomorrow.President Obama will visit India soon.

In these sentences, some action will happen in the future.This form of Future is called

FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE

If the concept of Future Simple Tense is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

We will __________ some fish soon.I will ________ in Nepal next year.

I will be flying to Delhi tomorrow.

We will be cycling to Bharatpur next month.

I will be flying to Delhi tomorrow.We will be cycling to Bharatpur next month.

In these sentences, some action will continue to happen in the future. This form of Future is called

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

If the concept of Future Continuous Tense is clear to you,You should be able to fill in the blanks below:

We will ___ ________ to Leh next month to do some relief work.We will also ___ ________ in the Indus River.

The World Conference on environment will have ended by Monday.

The farmers will have finished their work by October.

The World Conference on environment will have ended by Monday.The farmers will have finished their work by October.

In these sentences, some action would be completed in the future.This type of Future is called

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

If the concept of Future Perfect Tense is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

We will _____ ________ our exams by September end.Construction of this house will have ____ _______ by 2011.

The polling at this booth will have been going on since 10 a.m.

Our teacher will have been teaching us for one hour.

The polling at this booth will have been going on since 10 a.m.Our teacher will have been teaching us for an hour.

In these sentences, an action would have begun some time ago in the future and would still be going on. This kind of Future is called

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

If the concept of Future Perfect Continuous Tense is clear to you,you should be able to fill in the blanks below:

The cattle will have ____ _________ since early morning.You will have _____ _________ for one hour continuously.

With this last slide, we have finished learning

the Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous forms of

PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

FUTURE TENSE

Hope you enjoyed learning Tenses!!

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