tense class 5
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Tense denotes the time of the action indicated by a verb. The time is not always the same as that indicated by the name of the tense.
Objectives
By the end of the lesson you will be able : to identify different tenses. to know the kinds of tenses to know structures of sentences in different tenses.
One thing happened before and was in process at a particular time in the past, and it continued.
Ex: I was doing my homework.
Past perfect tense expresses action completed before certain time in the past. (This is the before-past tense.)
It uses the helping verb had and the past participle of the verb.
Example: She had written the letter before I saw her.
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Structure: Subject + (had) + been + Verb + ing + Object.
She had been reading a novel when I went to meet her.
Answer the following question. (a) Can you differentiate present simple and simple
past tense?
True or false. If false, give the correct answer.(a) Tenses play insignificant role in English language. True/false.