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ENGLISH GRAMMAR - TIME-AND TENSE

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Past Tense

1. Simple Past
2. Past Continuous
3. Past Perfect
4. Past Perfect
Continuous

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1. Simple Past: Used to


indicate an action completed
in the past. It often occurs
time. Sometimes withit adverb
is of
without an adverb of use
d time.

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1. Simple
Past:

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1. Assertive Sentences -
Subject + V2 + Object + (.)

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Examples:

She wrote a
letter.

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2. Negative Sentences - Subject + didn’t


+ V1 + Object + (.)

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Examples:

□ She didn’t write a


letter.

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3. Interrogative
Sentences - Did
+ Subject + V1 +
Object + (?)

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Examples:

□ Did she write a


letter?

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The use of Simple Past Tense with, ‘wish’ and


‘If only’ shows unreal Past and present state of
things.

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Examples:

□ I wish I were a millionaire! (I am not a


millionaire)
□ I wish I were a queen! (I am not a queen)
□ If I only knew her! (I don’t know her.)

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2. Past Continuous:

Used to denote an action going on at some time in


the past.

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● Assertive Sentences - Subject


+ was/were +V1+ ing + Object + (.)

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Examples:

□ She was writing a


letter.

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● Negative Sentences - Subject +


was/were
+ not +v1 + ing + Object + (.)

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Examples:

□ She was not writing a


letter.

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● Interrogative Sentences - Was/were


+ Subject + ing+ Object + (?)

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Examples:

□ Was she writing a


letter?

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Past Perfect :

3. Past Perfect: Used to describe


an action completed before a
certain moment in the
past, usually a long time
ago. If two actions happened
in the past, past perfect is used to
show the action that took place
earlier.
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1. Assertive
Sentences
. Subject + had + V3 +
Object
+(.)

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Examples:

□ She had written a


letter.

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2. Negative Sentences - Subject + had +


not
+ Object +(.)

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Examples:

□ She had not written a


letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences - Had +


Subject + V3 + Object + (?)

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Examples:

□ Had she written a


letter?

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Go

● She did not went to school.

● When past point of time is given.


Simple past

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If two or more actions


took place in past

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Examples:

□ He switched on the light before he opened the


door.
□ The train started just before I reached the
station.
□ When Rahul reached home, Tina had had her
lunch.
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V2

● The doctor came after the


patient had died. Had + V3

had seen
● She saw him before he came to
my house.

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● He submitted the paper after he


got the punishment.

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● He had had her breakfast before she went there.

Had + V3

Past Perfect

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Past Perfect
Continuous:
4. Past Perfect Continuous:
to Used an action that
before
denot
a certain
began
point in the
e continued up sometime
past
and
to past. i
n

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1. Assertive Sentences – Subject


+ had been +V1 + ing
+ Object + (.)

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Examples:

□ She had been writing a


letter-

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2. Negative Sentences - Subject +


had
+ not been + V1+ ing + Object + (.)

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Examples:

□ She had not been writing a


letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences - Had +


Subject+ been+ V1 + ing + Object +
(?)

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Examples:

□ Had she been writing a


letter?

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4. Interrogative Negative =-
Sentences Had Subject
+not
+ + been + V1 + ing
+ Object + (?)

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Examples:

□ Had she not been writing a


letter?

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Past Perfect Continuous

had + been + V1 + ing

● I had been living in Delhi for five


years when I got married.

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Past Tense at a Glance
Tense First person Second person Third person

Simple present
Singular I danced You danced He / she / it danced
Plural We danced You danced They danced

Continuous
Singular I was dancing You were dancing He was dancing
Plural We were dancing You were dancing They were dancing

Perfect
Singular I had danced You had danced He had danced
Plural We had danced You had danced They had danced

Perfect continuous
Singular I had been dancing You had been dancing He had been dancing
Plural We had been dancing You had been dancing They had been dancing

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Future
Tense
1. Simple Future
2. Future Continuous
3. Future Perfect
4. Future Perfect
Continuous

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1. Simple Future:

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1. Positive/Affirmative Sentences -
Subject + Will/Shall + Verb (Ist form) +
Object

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Examples:

□ She will write a


letter.

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2. Negative Sentences -
Subject + Will/Shall + Not Verb (Ist form)
+ Object + (.) +

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Examples:

□ She will not write a


letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences - Will/Shall +


Subject + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)

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Examples:

□ Will she write a


letter?

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2. Future Continuous:

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1. Positive / Affirmative Sentences


-

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Examples:

□ She will be writing a


letter.

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2. Negative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ She will not be writing a


letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ Will she be writing a


letter?

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Future Perfect

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1. Positive / Affirmative
Sentences

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Examples:

□ She will have written a


letter.

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2. Negative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ She not have written a


will
letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ Will she have written a


letter?

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4. Future Perfect Continuous:

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1. Positive /
Sentences Affirmativ
– e

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Examples:

□ Will have been writing a


letter.

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2. Negative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ She will not have been writing a


letter.

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3. Interrogative Sentences
-

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Examples:

□ Will she have been writing a


letter?

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Future Tense at a Glance
Tense First person Second person Third person

Simple
Singular I will dance You will dance He/ she / it will dance
Plural We will dance You will dance They will dance

Continuous
Singular I will be dancing You will be dancing He will be dancing
Plural We will be dancing You will be dancing They will be dancing

Perfect
Singular I will have danced You will have danced He will have danced
Plural We will have danced You will have danced They will have danced

Perfect continuous
Singular I will have been dancing You will have been dancing He will have been dancing
Plural We will have been You will have been dancing They will have been
dancing dancing

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Important Points

➔ Past Point of time Simple Past

➔ recently , just , now ,


already , yet , ever , Present Perfect
never, so , for , uptil
now

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It is high time

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Usage of Tense with


since/for

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Perfect
➔ since , for
Perfect continuous

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Past Present Future


Simple I wrote an I write an I will write
email email every an email
yesterday. day. tomorrow.

Continuous I was writing an I am writing I will be


email yesterday an email right writing an
at 5 p.m. now. email
tomorrow at 5
p.m.

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Perfect I had written I have I will have


an email written written an
before you a email
arrived. n email. tomorrow by 5
p.m.
Perfect I had been I have I will have been
Continuous writing emails been writing emails
for one hour writing for one-hour
when emails tomorrow by 5
yo for one p.m.
u arrived. hour.

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