2. Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker
Associate Professor
Department of English
Cambrian College Dhaka.
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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.
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7. At one particular time in the future, it
will happen.
Ex: Jason will go to bed at 12 o’clock.
10. One thing will happen in the future,
and it will be in process at a
particular time in the future, and it
will probably continue.
Ex: Katie will be sleeping when her
father comes home.
12. Future perfect tense expresses action which
will be completed before a certain time in the
future. (This is the before-future tense)
It uses the helping verbs will have or shall have
and the past participle of the verb.
Example: He will have finished the paper
before next Friday.
15. Regular verbs form their past tense and past
participle by adding –ed or –d to their present
tense form.
More than 95% of all English verbs are regular.
Regular verbs cause few problems in speaking
and writing.
17. Irregular verbs can form their past tense and
past participle forms in various way.
These forms cause even native speakers
innumerable problems.
The most irregular verb of all is the verb to be.
Another irregular verb that is important for its
use with other verbs is the verb to have.
20. A conjugation of a verb is the correct
arrangement of its form through its tenses,
persons, and numbers.
Person means the speaker, the person
spoken to, and the person or thing spoken of.
Number means singular or plural.
21. TenseTense SingularSingular PluralPlural
PresentPresent I amI am
You areYou are
He, she, it isHe, she, it is
We areWe are
You areYou are
They areThey are
PastPast I wasI was
You wereYou were
He wasHe was
We wereWe were
You wereYou were
They wereThey were
FutureFuture I shall beI shall be
You will beYou will be
He will beHe will be
We shall beWe shall be
You will beYou will be
They will beThey will be
Present PerfectPresent Perfect I have beenI have been
You have beenYou have been
He has beenHe has been
We have beenWe have been
You have beenYou have been
They have beenThey have been
Past PerfectPast Perfect I had beenI had been
You had beenYou had been
He had beenHe had been
We had beenWe had been
You had beenYou had been
They had beenThey had been
Future PerfectFuture Perfect I shall have beenI shall have been
You will have beenYou will have been
He will have beenHe will have been
We shall have beenWe shall have been
You will have beenYou will have been
They will have beenThey will have been
22. 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.
