VENKAT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

RAJAJINAGAR, BANGALORE – 10
DTHL 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 – 21
SESSION – 1

CLASS:VI
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
TOPIC: TENSES

PRESENTED BY: MS.JEMIMA.K

'BE' VERBS 'HAVE' VERBS 'DO' VERBS
Is Have Do
Are Has Does
Am Had Did
Was Having Doing
Were Will have Done
Be Shall have TENSES –
Being VERBS FORMS
Been
Will be
Shall be
WHAT ARE THE VERBS WE USE IN THE FOUR FORMS?
TENSES SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT Is Has/Have/+been+V1+
Verb + Ing Has/Have
TENSE ing +Object
Am
Are
Had + been + V1 +ing+
PAST TENSE Was Verb + Ing Had
Object
Were
Will/shall+V1+ing+obj
FUTURE Will/Shall Will/Shall+Has/
Verb + Ing ect
TENSE Have
 TENSES
PRESENT ,PAST AND FUTURE

TENSE MEANS TIME

1.PRESENT TENSE:
used to denote action happens now.
EX :The bear walks to the honey tree.

2.PAST TENSE:
denotes an action that took place before.
EX: The bear walked to the honey tree.

3.FUTURE TENSE :
denotes action that is yet to happen.
EX: The bear will walk to the honey tree.
 PRESENT TENSE USAGE
PRESENT TENSE
TENSE SINGULAR PLURAL
1.Tom reads a book. 1.Boys play cricket.
SIMPLE PRESENT
[ S + V1 + O ] [ S + V1 + O ]
2.Tom is reading a book. 2.Boys are playing cricket.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
[ S + (is/am)+V1 + ing + O ] [ S + (are) V1 + ing + O ]
3.Tom has read a book. 3.Boys have played cricket.
PRESENT PERFECT
[S +(have/has)+ V3+O ] [ S + (have/has)+V3+O ]
4.Tom has been reading a book. 4.Boys have been playing
PRESENT PERFECT [S +( has/have cricket.
CONTINUOUS been)+V1+ing +O] [ S + have been +V1+ing +O ]
PAST TENSE USAGE
PAST TENSE
TENSE SINGULAR PLURAL

SIMPLE PAST
1.She drew a picture.
[ S + V2 + O ]
2.She was drawing a picture.
PAST CONTINUOUS
[ S + (was)+V1 + ing + O ]
3.She had drawn a picture.
PAST PERFECT [S +(had)+ V3+O ]
1.They sang melodiously.
[ S + V2 + O ]
2.They were singing melodiously.
[ S + (were)V1 + ing + O ]
3.They had sung melodiously.
[ S +(had)+V3+O ]

4.She had been drawing a 4.They had been singing

PAST PERFECT picture melodiously.
CONTINUOUS [S +( had been)+V1+ing +O] [ S + had been +V1+ing +O ]
FUTURE TENSE USAGE
FUTURE TENSE
TENSE SINGULAR
1.I will study well.
SIMPLE FUTURE
[ S +will/shall+ V1 + O ]
2.I will be studying well.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS [ S + will/shall +be+V1
+ ing + O ]
FUTURE PERFECT
3.I will have studied well.
[S +V1+(have/has)+ V3+O}
4.I will have been studying
well.
FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS [S +will/shall(has/have
been)+V1+ing +O]
PLURAL
1.Children will learn fast.
[ S + will/shall+ V1 + O ]
2.Children will be learning
fast. [ S + will/shall+V1
+ ing + O ]
3.Children will have learnt fast.
[ S +V+(have/has)+V3+O ]
4.Children will have been
learning fast.
[ S + will/shall +have/has been
+V1+ing +O ]