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English Series
Grammar Vocabulary Comprehension
 ARTICLES
 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS  UNSEEN PASSAGE
 PARTS OF SPEECH
 Noun  IDIOMS AND PROVERBS  PARA JUMBLES
 Pronoun  PHRASAL VERBS &
 Adjective
 Verb  ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION SENTENCE JUMBLES
 Adverb  OPENING / CLOSING
 Preposition
 Conjunction STATEMENTS

 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT  PARA COMPLETION

 TENSE
 MODALS
 VOICE
Exam Cover : SSC CGL, SSC 10 +2 , SSC CPO ,
 NARRATION MTS , UPSC , SI , Bank Clerk,
RRB , MPPSC , Bank PO
 TENSE
 It denotes the time an action takes place, whether sometime in the past, in the
present or will take some time in the future.
Examples

 We are preparing for our exams.

 We were preparing for our exams.
 We will prepare for our exams.
 Will we prepare for our exams ?
 How will we prepare for our exams ?
 VERB

main / Regular verbs Auxiliary / Helping verbs

Primary auxiliary Modal auxiliary

1. To be-
e.g. should, could,
is/am/are/was/were/
may , might, would
be/been
etc.
2. To do – did/do/does

3. To have – have/has/had
 Basic Structures of sentences

Affirmative sentence : subject + helping verb + main verb + Ob.

 Negative sentence : subject + helping verb + not+ main verb +

Ob.

 Interrogative sentence : helping verb + subject + main verb + Ob

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 Types of tenses

 Simple / indefinite

 Continuous

 Perfect

 Perfect continuous
 Past Present Future

Simple (V2) (V5 / verb + s/es) (will/shall+verb)

Perfect ( had+ V3 ) (has/have+V3) (will/shall+V3)

Continuous (was/were+verb+ing) (is/am/are+verb+ing) (will/shall

be+verb+ing)

Perfect Continuous (had been+verb+ing) (has/have (will/shall have

been+verb+ing) been+verb+ing)
TENSE Part -2
Uses :

 Habit, repeated action, practice, universal truth को बताने के लऱए

1. I go for a walk in the morning regularly.

2. The sun rises in the east.
3. He teaches at a you tube channel.

 Future arrangement

1. The prime minister visits the city next week.

2. He joins this company next week.
 Present continuous/ progressive tense

 To deliver the idea that the action is still going on.

1. I am learning English these days.
2. Radhika is coming over to your place.

 इन verbs को non- progressive verbs कहा जाता है और उन्हें इस tense में नह ीं लऱखा जाता |
 Verbs of perception – see , taste, hear, prefer, please etc.
 Verbs of thinking – think, know, mean, mind
 Verbs of possession – own, have, belong, comprise, possess etc.
 Verbs expressing state of mind or feelings : believe, like love, hate, want, wish desire, hate
 Other verbs – look appear, seem, affect, resemble, cost , require, stand etc.
Examples :

1. He is owning a car.

2. You are looking perfect tonight.

3. I am not believing what she has just said.

4. This house is belonging to me ,

5. I am not hating her guts.

6. I am not meaning anything otherwise.

7. The temple is standing in the heart of the city.

 Present perfect tense
 This tense is a mixture of present and past and acts as a bridge between the two
tenses and it can never be used with a definite or fixed time.
 Generally following adverbs and conjunctions are used in this tense.
Ever, just , recently, already, yet, till, so far, of late, lately, before, by the time, after etc.

Examples
1. He has come here yesterday.
2. He came here yesterday.
3. He has come here before.
4. He didn’t pay the bill so far.
5. India has won last year.
 Past simple tense

 This tense is used for past habits.

1. They never drank wine.

2. He always carried his books with him.
3. She used to go there daily.

 Used for a single act completed in the past at some definite point of time.
Usually the point of time is denoted by since, ever,back , ago, before, last, the other
day etc.

1. I have met your father yesterday.

2. I have bought a car yesterday.
 Present perfect …….. Since………. Past simple
(when we talk about present time dating back to some event)

Examples :

1. Many things have changed since I have left the school. (incorrect)
2. Many things have changed since I left the school.
3. I have started understanding the subject since I have started paying attention
in the class. (incorrect)
4. I have started understanding the subject since I started paying attention in the
class.
 Past perfect tense

 दो actions के बीच में precedence ददखाने के लऱए mainly use ककया जाता है |

 जो action पहऱे हुआ होता है उसे past perfect tense और बाद वाऱे के लऱए past simple
tense का use ककया जाता है |

Past perfect + past simple

Examples :
1. I finished the book after I had returned from my college.
2. I had already taken breakfast before you came.
3. I had gone to Delhi last week before my father came.
 Conditional sentences / unreal past

 A wish, desire, supposition contrary to the fact or condition is expressed in subjunctive

mood.
 Only two verbs are used in this case “were” and “had”.

Examples
1. I wish I were the prime minister.
2. I wish I had a car.
3. I wish I had not met him.
 First Conditional Sentences

 First conditional sentences are used to express situations in which the outcome is
likely (but not guaranteed) to happen in the future
 use the simple present tense in the if-clause and simple future tense in the main
clause.
Examples :

1. If you rest, you will feel better.

2. If you set your mind to a goal, you’ll eventually achieve it.
3. I will come only if you come.
 Second Conditional Sentences

 Second conditional sentences are useful for expressing outcomes that are
completely unrealistic or will not likely happen in the future.
 simple past tense in the if-clause and an auxiliary modal verb (e.g., could,
should, would, might) in the main clause (the one that expresses the unrealistic
or unlikely outcome).
Examples :
1. If I inherit a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon. (incorrect)
2. If I inherited a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon
3. If I owned a zoo, I will let people interact with the animals more. (incorrect)
4. If I owned a zoo, I might let people interact with the animals more.
 Third Conditional Sentences

 Third conditional sentences are used to explain that present circumstances would
be different if something different had happened in the past.

 use the past perfect in the if-clause. The modal auxiliary (would, could, should,
etc.) + have + V3 in the main clause expresses the theoretical situation
that could have happened.
Examples :

1. If you would have told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier (incorrect)
2. If you had told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier.
3. If I had cleaned the house, I could go to the movies. (incorrect)
4. If I had cleaned the house, I could have gone to the movies.
 Zero Conditional Sentences

 Zero conditional sentences express general truths—situations in which one

thing always causes another.
 when using the zero conditional, the correct tense to use in both clauses is
the simple present tense
Examples :

1. If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.

2. When people smoke cigarettes, their health suffers.
3. When people smoke cigarettes, their health will suffer. (incorrect)