Tense Class 3

1. Cambrian College
First Digital Campus in Bangladesh

2. Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker
Associate Professor
Department of English
Cambrian College Dhaka.

4. Tense denotes the time of
the action indicated by a
verb. The time is not always
the same as that indicated
by the name of the tense.

5. Objectives
By the end of the lesson you will be able :
• to identify different tenses.
• to know the kinds of tenses
• to know structures of sentences in different tenses.

6. Verbs ending in - ch, - sh or - o:
add - es
watch ---- watches go ---- goes

7. Verbs that end in - y: Instead of y
‘ies’
study ---- studies go ---- goes

8. Irregular form:
have ---- has
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9. does subject verb …
Does
Does
he
she
like
eat
cats?
meat?
Short answers
Yes, he/she does. No, he/she doesn’t.
Yes, she likes.

10. Subject pronouns
(before the verb)
Object pronouns
(after the verb)
I love Italian food. My wife loves me.
You don’t understand. Nice to meet you.
He/She works in New York. He/She doesn’t like him/her.
It’s a very nice city. I don’t like it.
We don’t live here. He talks to us.
You’re English. Where are you?
They watch TV a lot. I don’t knew them.

12.  eZ©gvb mg‡q †Kvb KvR msNwUZ n‡”Q †evSv‡Z
Present Continuous Tense e¨eüZ nq| evsjv wµqvi †k‡l
†ZwQ, †ZQ, †Z‡Qb, ”Q, w”Q, †”Q, †”Qb BZ¨vw`
_v‡K|
 Structure: Subject + Present form of Be Verb (am /
is / are) + g~j Verb + ing + Object.
They + are + play + ing + football.

13.  “ ing ” †hvM Kivi wbqg ¸wj bx‡P †`qv
nj:
 1. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l e _v‡K Ges e Gi Av‡Mi
AÿiwU consonant nq Zvn‡j e D‡V ing †hvM
n‡e| †hgb: Take - Taking, Make -
Making
 2. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l ie _v‡K Ges ie Gi Av‡Mi
AÿiwU consonant nq, Zvn‡j ie D‡V y n‡e|
Zvici ing †hvM n‡e| †hgb: lie-lying, tie-tying,

14.  3. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l GKwU gvÎ consonant _v‡K Ges Zvi Av‡M GKwU gvÎ
Vowel _v‡K, Zvn‡j †k‡li consonant wU Double n‡e| Zvici ing †hvM n‡e|
†hgb:
 Run Running Impel Impelling
 Swim Swimming Can Canning
 wKš‘ Verb Gi †k‡l hw` W ev X ev Y Gi †Kvb GKwU _v‡K, Zvn‡j D³
wbqg cÖ‡hvR¨ n‡e bv| A_©vr ZLb Verb Gi †k‡li Consonant wU
Double Kiv hv‡e bv| eis ïaygvÎ ing †hvM Ki‡Z n‡e| †hgb:
 Present Meaning ing
 Box Nywl gviv Boxing
 Borrow avi Kiv

15. Answer the following question.
(a) Can you differentiate present simple and simple
past tense?
True or false. If false, give the correct answer.
(a) Tenses play insignificant role in English language.
True/false.

16. Identify the tenses of the following sentences.

17. The above
sentence is in
simple past
tense.

18. Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs of correct tenses
discussing in groups from the hands out.

19. Write a
paragraph in
about 100 —
120 words
about
Environment
Pollution
using the
correct
tenses.

20. All the best.
thAnk you.

21. Thank you.