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L resent Indefinite. Tense
~(a)\To. express. what is actually sokiog place. at the
present moment, as,
le ,
-alhe: Woys sing song...
tb). |To express a. habitual action: a babit or. custom,
= She. sings while taking bath. :
is getup early in the morning:
0) \o a a general truth, : 7
The earth revolves rouncl the. sun.
Man.proposes , 5 God disposes...
d).|To express the. Bast Tense._in nacoatng past ‘events!
e_linian a8 _or.a_vivid manner, :
The: plane. takes. off. Buda ya
_man in. black clothes crushes ie el
) coc Be carries a revolver in Le
4@.\To. express pate -event, sshich is soloed
soTo quote putes, :
Keats Says, “A, thing of beauty isa iey
for ever.”
Pope writes, "A it bones dangers
thing?
foe conditional. iepieqeae mic me
If 1.9 to Delhi, Twill being. _a.camera can you.
Tf he. eee in this. match, we. will win.
h).| With. Vecbs whiehuare snd usually ised othe
continuous. form :like want need.preferknow
Tealise.... suppose... meon.understand. believe
_| pemember._ belong... fit...contoin.consist.seem__.
Do you. hess in God?
wal tie wns T.went. eto ysTo ese an.action that is: aeng onat the time...
of — = "
She is 5 nitting epcks
aaa seiting. a letter.
As.o substitute for the immediate future,
~She_is leaving this place. tomorrow. ena
My brother is coming back this Sunday.
9 |Used with, today! thia week I+his. par ete. t- Cpriods ;
..| around now),.
He te. sorkng inal today.
The. company. I work. for. Ron -Aeing. 50 $0.
__well this.
Ta talk bout. changes. happening, around. naa. aa
especially. with these. verbs: « get, change, become,
lincrease., rise_,fall, grow, ae, begin, start __
en: “The. world is hanging Things. never, sa
the same...
cost. of. 9g is. 2Difference. ENA
Present Simple. is used for things in general or
things that happen repeatedly. -
_-.. What..do you. usually.doat weekends?
oli always get hungry.in the. afternoon...
Continuous. is used for Ahings happening ot.or
around the. time. of Speaking: oie
‘Tm. busy: ‘What are yoir.doi t
Im getting hungry. Lets 90 and eat.
Fresent Simple. is used for permanent. situations.
Mu. parents live in Londen. They have
___ Nived there all. theic lives.
Continuous 1s..used for temporact situations.
Lim linin with some friends until 1 find.
- place rd yoni.[Practical
Recoralll
_. resent. Rerfect. Tense. =
To indicate an action which has just been over,
Ihave. finished my work.
_—She..has. drafted the application.
To denote a past ction, the results. of which. are
i Stil present, sade a Se at ee z
He has opened a. new. shap.....
They have. come. back. from the market:
In adverbial clauses beginning with ‘when’ ‘if,
‘before, ‘after; ‘as soen.as’ or till’ and when the
principal verb. is in Future Tense,
: As. soon as 1 have. finished this. job, 1
will Come, te. SE YOR. 5
-Luillring up ofter Ihave talked. to her...
For. talking about. a. riod. that_continues. until now
Crecentlyin Ane. last. w days | so far since breakfast
‘i ave you heard anything from Lil recently?
We. haven't seen each other for. along time.a
=
Gea SE
b)|
| We. have. been. living...n.this. howse for.
2 Use. of. prepositions..for! and. ‘since’.
tesent.. Perfect Continuous Tense... =
For_an_activity that has recently stopped. or just
stopped. There isa. connection with now. ?
You're. out..of. breath. Have. you been. canning!
Rolie ction. thet. began in tne. past
and As continuing wp to the present, £9. :
thas. been faining since morning.
two. years.
For: ip used foro period of time,¢
__hours,,.six..months, ten minutes |
oe : is used. fot. paint of time, 2.4. 9
e _eslening, December Spring... 1496.ete._dast Indefinite. Tense
tz express. a single act or event that ha ed in
the past, $ -
Ws peke: ahis. fable.
. They awece. inthe. garden.
To express. pohabikual action. afc in the
past, i
igus getup. ot ack ever io.
Our ancestors wece honest and Wied uw
working. 2. inh PRES
‘As a. substitute. for. the Past Continuous,
_ While they, played, we. took tea
While. we talked , they, me@ iw BE
fast. Continuous. Tense
This tense is_used_to. denote. an.action.that was
Png on_at some time. in the past. £9:
‘Thny.es wee ._Flayiog, ask
m PNAS. aoe a “ny
| Past os ‘ana Past = pre_tten
| used ether +o say Sher. something...
- happened im the middle of. something . ae
_ Mick pooned while yor were nt ;
_dinnec.
i Wes. sein shoes ag ateRast Recfect Tense
This tense in Weed te dencte an actien which had!
been completed before another action began
in the past. Tt.is most often used. in a complex
Sentence.,.
_ She had finished her work when I
feached home.
Me doctor AreNen after. the porient.
had died.
Note sci: ‘The Pact Pecfect. conmot be used to.
denote. an isclated action. in the past.
For that , Past Indefinite should be used.
diy Booey ae Ane Rast Perfect
_is used. by itself ina simple sentence,
_.. it implies another action. which
7 He had. avendy fi Baiehed bis pape. sae!@ I [Precticl Sal
contig doctor (Continuous Tense.
This. tense is used to denate an action that. had
been. going on ot or before some point of time.
in the. past.,.e-g- aoe
He had been. living in this. locality for.
two. yeacs. before he became my
= Sriend, =a ae : .
He had been. taking drugs regulacly
before it came to the notice of his
: parents.Goa oe
eee Putte Indefinite Tense
{the future 729:
ae iiBiie
~They will _come ‘here tomercow.
Future. Continuous. Tense.
_|.en. Ihappening at some. time. in the. future,eg..
afternoon,
This tense is used ieedencte a.single action in.
| This tense denstes an action. that. will be. going.
a oli eg ec| This. tense. denotes an action. that will have been
completed at. some Point. of time. in the futace,
We will hove, reached there by that time.
Twill hove weitten. this ess0y4_when. you
come back, - i
Future. fecfect Continuous Tense.
This. tense. denotes. an. action that will have been.
gping .on.ator. before...some. point of time in
eee Oy - = eee
ceweente ihe il pave dneen tenets ee. al
hours before we reach there.
He. will have. been working fer. seven