LESSON 25: TENSES-SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple past tense is a concluded or a finished or an ended activity in the past time. The action was in progress in the past and ended in the past completely. The action started and finished in the past time completely.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

In those sentences with I, WE, YOU, or THEY-as a subject DID is used as an auxiliary to denote the simple past tense.

The verb used in the sentence with DID is in the PRESENT form always.

To make a simple past sentence into negative, we should add NOT after DID before the verb.

See some examples:

1. Where DID you go?

I DID go to the temple.

2. DID you think about it?

We DID NOT think about it.

3. What DID you say about her?

I DID SAY that she DID NOT love YOU.

4. Where DID they stay yesterday?

They DID STAY in a star hotel yesterday.

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LESSON 24: TENSES-PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

This tense is used to represent an action that was ongoing in the past time and completed in the past time. An ONGOING past time action.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

In those sentences with I, WE, YOU, or THEY-as a subject WAS and WERE are the auxiliaries are used to denote the past continuous tense.

WAS is used with I, HE, SHE, and IT.

WERE is used with WE, YOU, and THEY.

We should add “-ing” with the verb in all sentences to denote PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE. Add NOT before the verb to make the sentence negative.

Now we some examples:

1. What WERE you doing in the last weekend?

I WAS PASSING time in my house lonely seeing television.


2. Who WERE all you going in that car while the accident happens?

Our family friends four WERE going in that car while the accident happens?


3. Can you remember those happy days we WERE enjoying life here in our youth period?

Yes, I can remember those happy days we WERE enjoying life here in our youth.

4. WERE NOT you working as a manager there?

No, I WAS NOT working there as a manager.

5. They WERE WORKING as software engineer in Wipro. ARE NOT they?

Yes, they WERE WORKING as software engineers in Wipro.

Understand, in the next lesson we will learn about SIMPLE PAST TENSE. Okay.

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LESSON 23: TENSES-PAST TENSE

This tense is used to represent the action or an object or a human being or a person we percept before us in the past time.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

In those sentences with I, WE, YOU, or THEY-as a subject WAS, WERE, or HAD are the auxiliaries are used to denote past tense.

WAS is used to denote past tense with the subjects such as I, HE, and SHE as they are used to denote singular form of subjects.

WERE is used to denote past tense with the subjects such as WE, YOU, and THEY as they are used to denote plural forms of subjects.

HAD is used with all the subjects to denote the past tense in common. HAD is used in a sentence with a subject to express a possession of a character or a quality or a thing.

Examples:

1. He HAD two costly cars with him last year.
2. She HAD a bad habit of nail-biting once upon a time, but she abstained from that now.
3. They HAD no good qualities to win the competition.


See some examples used in question and answers:

1. Where WERE you yesterday?

I WAS in my grandma’s house yesterday.

2. What WAS the age limit for civil services examinations in 1980 for an upper caste candidate?

The age limit for the upper caste candidates in 1980 WAS 30.


3. Which WAS his wife?

The girl who wore the red chudidhar WAS his wife.

4. Who WERE all our friends there in the function last week?
All of our friends WERE there in the function last week.


NOTE: We should use NOT with the auxiliary to make a sentence negative. The negative past tense auxiliaries: WAS NOT or WASN’T, WERE NOT or WEREN’T, HAD NOT or HADN’T are used to make a sentence negative in the past tense.

Example:

When I came your house yesterday, you WERE NOT there.

In the next lesson we will learn about PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE. Okay.

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LESSON 22: TENSES-SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

This simple present tense is used to represent the doings done as routinely daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or in some periodically. This tense is also used in making or giving an order or a command or an idea both in question and answer forms.

The auxiliaries used in this tense are DO and DOES.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

In those sentences with I, WE, YOU, or THEY-as a subject DO is the auxiliary. The verb will not change in its form. But those sentences with HE, SHE, or IT as subject, the auxiliary will be DOES and the verb with it.

See some examples,

USE OF “DO”.

1. I DO go to office.

We can express this sentence as I Go to office. DO, the auxiliary is hidden in the verb.

2. WE DO leave the home.

This sentence can be expressed as WE LEAVE the home today.

3. You DO drink water.

We should say this as You DRINK water.

4. They DO attend the class.

We should say this as They ATTEND the class.

USE OF “DOES”.

1. He DOES run on the road.

We should express this as He RUNS on the road.

2. She DOES bath inside.

We should express this as She BATHES now.

3. The dog DOES eat its food.

We should express this as The dog EATS its food.

USE OF SIMPLE PRESENT IN QUESTIONS:

Questions with I, WE, YOU, and THEY as subjects:

1. DO I come with you?

Yes, you DO come or Yes, you come.

2. DO you help me?

No, I DO NOT help you.
Yes, I DO help you or Yes, I help you.

3. DO we NEED to do it?

Yes, You do need to do it or Yes, you need to do it.
No, You do not need.

4. DO they work for this shift?

Yes, they WORK for this shift.
No. they DO NOT WORK for this shift.

Questions with HE, SHE, or IT:

1. DOES he come with us?

Yes, he COMES.
No, he DOES NOT COME.

2. DOES she sing well?

Yes, she DOES sing well or Yes, she SINGS well.
No, she DOES not sing well or No, she DOES NOT SING well.

3. DOES the lion roar regularly?

Yes, it DOES ROAR regularly.
No, it DOES NOT ROAR regularly.

USE OF “HAVE” AS A VERB:

In simple present tense, HAVE is also used as a verb. HAVE is an auxiliary actually, but we can use it as a verb also along with DO. DO+have is equal to HAS.

See some examples in questions and answers:

1. What DO you HAVE in your pocket?

I HAVE hundred rupees in my pocket.

2. DOES she HAVE any properties?

She HAS no properties.
She DOES not HAVE any properties.

NOTE: We can omit DO in command forms of sentences when using simple present tense. Examples: You come here. You sit down. You carry on.

In the next lesson we will learn about PAST TENSE. Okay.

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LESSON 21: TENSES-PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE is used to represent an action that is continuous taking place in advancement while discussing.

Present Continuous Tense is always accompanied by a verb.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

AM, IS, ARE-are the auxiliaries used in the sentences with the subjects I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT, as well as adding –ing to the verb.

USE OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE IN QUESTIONS:

What ARE you doing?
When IS your aunt coming our house?
Where AM I going?

See the answers to the above questions.

I AM working as an engineer.
My aunt IS coming this week.
I AM going to temple.

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LESSON 20: TENSES-PRESENT TENSE

Present Tense is used to represent the present time access of an object or a human being in a sentence.

Present Tense always accompanied by a verb.

I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT-are the subjects in a sentence.

AM, IS, ARE-are the auxiliaries, as well as verb forms used in the sentences with the subjects I, WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE, IT.

AUXILIARIES AS VERBS:

We can use AM, IS, ARE, HAS, HAVE-as an auxiliary and also as a verb in a sentence.

PRESENT TENSE IN QUESTIONS:

What IS your name?
Who AM I?
Who ARE you?
Which IS your hometown?

See the answers for the above questions.

My name IS Sasikumar.
I AM a man.
I AM your friend.
My hometown IS Tanjore.

AUXILIARIES AS VERBS:

I am an Indian.
You have a great spirit.
She has no sense.
He is a gentleman.
She is a good girl.
It is a very tough task.
You are handsome.
They are more alert.

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LESSON 19: TENSES-INTRODUCTION

What does a tense mean?

A TENSE is a form of changing a verb and its auxiliary verb in accordance with the difference of time of action of a sentence, which are probably 14 in number. Ultimately we can divide time into three dimension, such as PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE. Any action that happened in the past, happens now, or will happen in the future. These three dimensions of an action can be represented using 14 types of tenses in English language. They are:

SIMPLE TENSES:


1. SIMPLE PAST
3. SIMPLE PRESENT
5. SIMPLE FUTURE

PAST AND PRESENT:
1. PAST TENSE
2. PRESENT TENSE

CONTINUOUS TENSES:

1. PAST CONTINUOUS
2. PRESENT CONTINOUS
3. FUTURE CONTINOUS

PERFECT TENSES:

1. PAST PERFECT
2. PRESENT PERFECT
3. FUTURE PERFECT

PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES:

1. PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS
2. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS
3. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS


From the above classification, we can come to a conclusion that according to the dimension of timing usage in a sentence, we can bring all the sentences within three time dimensions that is PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE. Each dimension of PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE has three branches in it, and also two included in these are PAST TENSE and PRESENT TENSE.

PAST TENSE: Any action happened in the past can be notified using past tense. Past sentence is divided into five branches such as PAST, SIMPLE PAST, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT and PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS

PRESENT TENSE: Any action happens in the present can be notified using present tense. Present sentence is divided into five branches such as PRESENT, SIMPLE PRESENT, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, and PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS.

Any action will happen in the future can be notified using future tense. Future sentence is divided into four branches such as FUTURE, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PERFECT, and FUTURE PERFECT CONTINOUS

Now we will see all 14 tenses one by one.

Next lesson will describe PRESENT TENSE. Okay.

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