Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik.

Study Centre : Government College of Education, Akola.

Subject : Powerpoint presentation on ‘TENSE’ for effective communication to the 9th class

in English.

Research bySmt. Padul Sunita

DadaraoM.A. English B.Ed.

GuideDr. Shantaram ButeM.A. M.Phil. Ph.D.

We went to school.I go to school.They will go to

school.

The tenses show the time of verb’s action.

Time can be split into three periods.

1.The Present Tense ( What are you doing ? )

2.The Past Tense ( What you did ? )

3.The Future Tense ( What you are going to do ? )

The tenses we use to show what time we are talking about are split into the Simple,Continuous and Perfect.

Verb Tense Continuum

Past Present Future

I had waited.I had been waiting.

I waited.I was waiting.

I have waited.I have been waiting.

I wait.I am waiting.

I will have waited.I will have been waiting.

I will wait.I will be waiting.

A visual Overview of Verb TensePast Present Future

She worked.

She works. She will work .

She was working.

She is working.

She will be working.

She had worked.

She has worked.

She will have Worked.

She had been working.

She has been working.

She will have been working,

Simple

Progressive

Perfectprogressive

Perfect

When to use each verb tense

Present Tense1. Simple Present TenseS + V1 (s+ es ) + O

1) I walk to school everyday.2) The earth is round.

-Use to describe customary or habitual actions and universal truth.

2. Present Progressive Tense S + is,am,are + V-ing +O1) I am wearing my new raincoat.2) He is doing M.A. in History.

-Use to describe actions occuring now, in the present time.

3. Present Perfect Tense S + have/has + V3 +O1) I have read this book.2) She has found a five rupee note under the table.

-Use to describe for a completed action, just before speaking.

4. Present Perfect Progressive Tense S + have/has been + V-ing +O1) I have been walking for two hours.

2) He has been teaching English for the last fifteen years.

-Use to describe actions that have started in the past and have continued into the present.

Past Tense

1. Simple Past Tense 1) I ate breakfast yesterday.2) She tore up the letter.

-Use to describe actions that took place at a specific time in the past.

S + V2 + O

2. Past Progressive Tense S + was,were + V-ing +O1) He was praising you.2) Priya was looking at me.

-Use to describe an action that was occuring at a specific point in time in the past.

3. Past Perfect Tense S + had + V3 +O1) I had phoned him at 10 in the mornung.2) We had invited them.

-Use to describe an action that was completed by a definite time.

4. Past Perfect Progressive Tense S + had been + V-ing +O1) He had been living there for 10 years.2) The snow had been falling continuously all day.

-Use to emphasize the duration of an action that was completed before another action in the past.

Future Tense

1. Simple Future Tense 1) We will win the match.2) I will need some more money

-Use to describe actions that are ecxpected to take place after the present.

S + shall/will + V1 + O

2. Future Progressive Tense S + shall/will + be + V1-ing + O 1) We shall be studying.

2) He will be watching T.V.-Use to describe an actions that will be in progress in the future.

3. Future Perfect Tense S + shall/will + have + V3 +O1) I will have read this book by the end of this month.2) He will have heard this news.

-Use to describe actions that will be completed before another future action or before a specific future action.

4. Future Perfect Progressive Tense S + shall/will + have been + V-ing +O1) He had been living there for 10 years.

2) The snow had been falling continuously all day.

-Use to describe actions that will be start in the future and continue.