Subject: English
Tense
The tenses of verbs indicate two different things about the action concerned
Present | Past | Future | |
Simple | He runs. We run | He ran. We ran. | He will run. We shall run. |
Continuous | He is running. We are running. | He was running. We were running. | He will be running. We shall be running. |
Perfect | He has run. We have run. | He had run. We had run. | He will have run. We shall have run. |
Perfect continuous | He has been running. We have been running. | He had been running. We had been running. | He will have been running. We shall have been running. |
The Present Continuous Tense
Structures:
Sub + is/am/are + v4 + obj
E.g. He is writing a letter.
Sub + id/am/are + not + v4 + obj
E.g. He is not writing a letter.
Is/am/are + sub + v4 + obj + ?
E.g. Is he writing a letter?
WH + is/am/are + sub + v4 + obj + ?
E.g. Why is he writing a letter?
Sub + is/am/are + v4 + obj
E.g. He is writing a poem.
Obj + is/am/are + being + v4 + by + sub
A poem is being written by him.
Uses:
We use present continuous tense to show:
E.g. What are you doing?
She’s reading in the garden.
E.g. Whose account are you working on?
She’s studying hard for her final exam.
E.g. They are coming to stay with us in September.
I’m going to give an interview on May 20.
E.g. The children are growing fast.
The price of things is going up.
The Present Perfect Tense
Structures:
Sub + has/have + v3 + obj
E.g. He has written a letter.
Sub + has not/have not + v3 + obj
E.g. He has not written a letter.
Has/have + sub + v3 + obj + ?
E.g. Has he written a letter?
WH + has/have + sub + v3 + obj + ?
E.g. Why has he written a letter?
Sub + has/have + v3 + obj
E.g. He is written a letter.
Obj + has/have + been + v3 + by + sub
A letter is been written by him.
Uses:
We use the present perfect tense to talk about:
E.g. Diya looks upset. Has she failed the exam?
I can’t pay the bus fare. I’ve lost my purse.
E.g. I have been to Pokhara.
I’ve never been to Dharan.
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