NAMCOM English Language Teaching

Centre.

LESSON: Tenses

Forms of Tenses Tenses(Tabular form)

Examples.

What is Tense? Tense is normally indicated by a verb form, either

on the main verb or on an auxiliary verb. The tense markers are normally affixes, but also stem modification such as ablaut or reduplication can express tense reference, and in some languages tense can be shown by clitics.

Often combinations of these can interact, such as in Irish, where there is a proclitic past tense marker do (various surface forms) used in conjunction with the affixed or ablaut-modified past tense form of the verb. Languages that do not have grammatical tense, such as Chinese, express time reference through adverbials, time phrases, and so on.

Forms Of Tenses.

1. • Present Tense.• I, I+ing, 3 form.

2. • Past Tense.• I, I+ing, II, III form

3. • Future Tense.• I, II, III form

PRESENT

Simple

ContinuousPerfect

PerfectContinuous

FUTURE.

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfectcontinuous

PAST.

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

PerfectContinu

ous

PRESENT TENSE.SIMPLEPRESENT TENSE.

CONTINUOUS PRESENT TENSE.

PERFECTPRESENT TENSE.

PERFECT CONTINUOUS PERFECT TENSE.

I study English every day.

I am studying English now

I have studied English in several different countries.

I have been studying English for five years.

PAST TENSE.SIMPLEPASTTENSE.

CONTINUOUS PAST TENSE.

PERFECTPASTTENSE.

PERFECT CONTINUOUS PASTTENSE.

Two years ago, I studied English in England

I was studying English when you called yesterday

I had studied a little English before I moved to the U.S.

I had been studying English for five years before I moved to the U.S.

FUTURE TENSE.SIMPLEFUTURETENSE.

CONTINUOUS FUTURE TENSE.

PERFECTFUTURETENSE.

PERFECT CONTINUOUS FUTURETENSE.

I will study English when you arrive tonight.I am going to study English next year.

I will be studying English when you arrive tonight.

I will have studied every tense by the time I finish this course.

I will have been studying English for over two hours by the time you arrive.

Helping verbs.Particulars. PRESENT

TENSE.PASTTENSE.

FUTURETENSE.

VERB 1 form Do, Does, Can, Could, May, Might, Should, must, would etc.

Did, would, Could, Might etc.

Will, Shall, Can, Could, May, Might, Should , must, would etc.

VERB 1 + ING form.

Is, Am, Are, Has been, Have been etc.

Was, Were, Had been etc.

Will be, Shall be Will have been, Shall have been etc.

VERB 2 form NO USE. Without any helping verb

No use.

VERB 3 form Has, Have. Had, Can have, Could have, might have, may have, should have, would have, must have .

Will have , Shall have .

ParticularTENSE.

SIMPLETENSE.

CONTINUOUS TENSE

PERFECTTENSE.

PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE.

PRESENT I Play. I am Playing.

I have Played.

I have been Playing.

PAST I Played. I was Playing.

I had Played.

I had been Playing.

FUTURE I will Play. I will be Playing.

I will have Played.

I will have been Playing.

Some Easy Questions?(TRY THEM)…….

1. I have played in many tournaments?2. Tushar and Anil play tennis on

fridays?3. They had played a match before we

arrived?4. They were playing second match at

2:45 pm?5. India will win the match today?6. Tomorrow they will be playing in

another club?

THANKING TO ALL VIWERS.

BY – ASHWANI.