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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
 Auxiliary Verbs
I eat I ate I will eat
I am eating I was eating I will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
Translations
I eat I ate I will eat
I am eating I was eating I will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
I eat I ate I will eat
I am eating I was eating I will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
I eat I ate I will eat
I am eating I was eating I will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
I had eaten before my dad came
 I ate before my dad 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
I eat I ate I will eat
I am eating I was eating I will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating 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

finishes 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 will be eating
I have eaten I had eaten I will have eaten
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
 These tenses have two actions
I eat I ate I will eat
I was eating when my I will be eating when
I am eating father came my father comes
I have eaten I had eaten before I will have eaten before
you came you come
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating
I have been eating I had 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 was eating when my I will be eating when
I am eating father came my father comes
I have eaten I had eaten before I will have eaten before
you came you come
I have been eating I had been eating I will have been eating