1. Action taking place now , before or later on
Tenses
Action taking place now , before or later on

2. Three phases
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

3. Present Tense Simple Present Tense Ex….. We walk to school.
Simple Past Tense
Ex. …. We walked to school.
Simple future Tense
Ex. …. We will walk to school.

4. Simple Present Tense subject verb object Sita They Monkeys goes play
eat
object
to school.
guitar.
bananas.

5. Be [ verb]
I am happy .
He is first in the class.
They are here.

6. Examples Sun rises in the east . ( universal fact )
I get up early in the morning . ( habit )
His office opens at 9 am . ( routine )
It rains heavily in August . ( repeated regular action )

7. Current / general status
Frame questions
He is Bengali.
Is he Bengali ?
They are young.
Are they young ?
She is old .
Is she old ?
That man is crazy .
Is he crazy ?

8. Simple Past Tense( regular verbs )
subject
Father
Mother
The bomb
She I
Britishers
verb+ed
returned
finished
exploded
picked
watched
ruled
object
from office.
cooking.
up the phone.
TV last night.
India for 200 years.

9. Simple Past Tense ( Irregular verbs )
subject
Verb ( Past)
object He
wrote
an essay.
They
sang
a patriotic song.
She
wore
a beautiful dress.
My uncle
drove
us to the party.
built
his bright career.

10. Simple Future Tense Subject She Ramesh I We They He will +verb
will join
will take
will go
will start
will attend
will begin
object
the college.
up a job.
Tomorrow.
a new course.
the seminar.
his journey tomorrow.

11. Present Continuous Tense
Subject
be+verb+ing
object I
am playing
football.
They
are writing
answers.
She
is playing
guitar.
Everyone
is enjoying
the party.
Children
are working
on a science project.
My friends
are planning
a trip to Agra.

12. Continued ….. ( play ) are playing. is playing. am playing. I you,we,
they
are playing.
he,she, It
is playing.

13. Past Continuous Tense subject be+verb+ing object We were running
on tracks.
She
was baking
a chocolate cake. He
was laughing
on us.
You
were talking
to someone. I
was waiting
for you.
Soldiers
were marching
with their captain.

14. Continued…… I he,she It you,we,they was writing. were writing.
was raining.

15. Continued ……… I was playing badminton at this time yesterday.
She was cycling at 5 pm yesterday.
They were playing table tennis at 6 pm last evening.
He was watching a movie with his friends last weekend.

16. Continued …..
Neena hurt herself when she was jumping on the vaulting horse.
Sonu cut himself when he was peeling an apple.
They were watching TV when my aunt arrived.

17. Future Continuous Tense
Subject
will /shall +be + verb+ ing We
will be waiting for you at 8 am tomorrow. I
will be playing football when you reach tomorrow. He
will be working in his kitchen garden at 10 am tomorrrow.

18. Present Perfect Tense has started. has eaten. have eaten.
I,you,we,they
have eaten.
he,she,Mohit
has eaten. It
has started.

19. Continued… ( already / yet )
Have you eaten the apples yet ?
Yes, I have already eaten the apples.
( once / twice)
I have given flowers to my teacher only once.
Have you submtted the assignments twice ?
No, I have submitted the assignments only once.

20. Continued ….. Ever / never Have you ever celebrated Dandiya festival ?
NO , I have never celebrated Dandiya festival .
( since / for)
I have played piano since 2011.
I have played piano for 3 years.
( how long)
How long have you painted pictures ?
I have painted pictures since March

21. Past Perfect Tense Subject had+Past Participle Object I had eaten
the breakfast before I went to school.
They
had left
the home, when my friend stopped by. We
had visited
Kashmir long before the Nepal trip.

22. Continued …. (after / before )
After I had finished work , I watched TV.
Before I watched TV, I had finished my work.
( by the time / as soon as )
By the time the police arrived , the thief had escaped.
As soon as the thief had escaped , the police arrived.

23. will+have+Past Participle
Future Perfect Tense
Subject I
They
She He
will+have+Past Participle
will have reached
will have completed
will have worked
will have written
Object
the market.
the project.
there for ten years.
the story.

24. Present Perfect continuous Tense
Subject +have/has +verb+ been + ing + object They have been studying for exactly three hours. Negative Form: She hasn’t been working since she came home. Interrogative Form Has he been learning English since his childhood ?

25. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Subject + had + been + verb + ing
Write the past perfect continuous form for these verbs:
Pay help talk clean
He had been paying the electricity bill.
She had been helping small children.
Shelly had been talking to the chief guest.
They had been cleaning the room.

26. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Subject + will + have + been+ verb+ ing
Shelly will have been dreaming about the end of class for an hour by 10:00 AM.
She will have been teaching
They will have been hoping to win the match.
He will have been arranging the new house.
Sumit will have been driving .

27. Presented by ~
Durba Kar