Day # 1

Remembering Style

• 1 - 1

• 5 – 1,5

• 7 - 1,5,7

• 3 – 1,5,7,3

• 2 – 1,5,7,3,2

• 6 – 1,5,7,3,2,6

• 8

• 2

• 0

• 9

• 3

• 4

• 7

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I am going to show you 12 sentences now

Remember using the same technique

Example

I eat I ate

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

Auxiliary Verbs

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

Translations

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

• I eat – Habits

I eat chicken, I drink coffee, I play hockey, I swim daily, I wake up at 7 a.m.

I ate – Simple past

I will eat – Simple Future

I am eating – Continuous Present Action

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

• I have eaten just now – recent past

• I ate – simple past

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I ate – Simple Past

I was eating when my dad came

Two actions happen

at the same time in past

First action is noted in “continuous”

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I will eat– Simple Future

I will be eating when my dad comes

Two actions happen

at the same time in future

First action is noted in “continuous” – ing form

“when” is added for the second action

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I had eaten before my dad came

I ate before my came (wrong)

• First action – had

• Second action – simple past

I had eaten before you ate

I ate before you ate (wrong)

I had eaten before you did

• If both the actions are same, the second action can be replaced with “did”

• I had come before she came .

I had come before she did.

• I had finished my dinner before my sister finished her dinner.

I had finished my dinner before my sister did.

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

I will have eaten before you eat

I will eat before you will eat (wrong)

A sentence cannot have 2 “will”

I will have eaten before you do

• If both the actions are same, the second action can be replaced with “do”

• I will have eaten before my dad comes back home .

I will have reached the station before the train does.

• I will have finished my dinner before my sister finished her dinner.

I will have finished my dinner before my sister does.

These tenses have two actions

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eating I was eating

I had eaten

I had been eating

I will be eating

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten

I will have been eating

These tenses have two actions

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eatingI was eating when my

father came

I had eaten before you came

I had been eating

I will be eating when my father comes

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten before you come

I will have been eating

I had been eatingI have been eating I will have been eating

have been

- Starts in past or recent past

- Continues till present

Example, something started in morning 6.00 am and continues till now

Or, this video started few minutes ago (recent past) and is still continuing……

• I have been playing cricket since childhood. (still playing)

• They have been living in Hyderabad for 15 years.

• I have been watching this video for 15 minutes.

They have been living in Hyderabad since 2000/ for 15 years.

I have been watching this video for 15 minutes / since you came in.

since – time

for – duration

I had been eating

• The action starts in past• And also ends in past • But there is continuous period

For example, We had been living in Shimla for 4 years between 1990 and 1994.I had been working as an Engineer when I was in Dubai. (currently he is not)

• I will have been studying for 3 years by the end of this year.

• Current year is 2014

• The year she started studying is 2011

• Currently only two years have passed (and she is still studying)

• By the end of 2014 – she will have been completed 3 years

Few more examples

Modi Government started in 2014

Current year is also 2014

So I can say,

Modi Government will have been ruling India for five years by the end of 2019

Final Translation Practice

I eat I ate I will eat

I am eatingI was eating when my

father came

I had eaten before you came

I had been eating

I will be eating when my father comes

I have eaten

I have been eating

I will have eaten before you come

I will have been eating