This document provides an overview of verb tenses in English, including:
1) It introduces the three main tenses - present, past, and future - and provides examples of sentences using each tense.
2) For each main tense, it further breaks them down into simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms, providing examples for each.
3) Interactive exercises are included throughout to help teach and test the reader's understanding of each verb tense and how to identify and use them correctly.
4) The document concludes with a reminder that it has covered the key verb tenses in English and encourages the reader that they have now learned them.
14. The boys will have been playing soccer since 4 p.m. next Sunday.
15. These questions are for you.
Answer them honestly.
When were you born?
What are you doing now?
When will you come to school tomorrow?
16. A clock was shown on every slide you saw.
What does it suggest?
Choose one option:
The clock makes the slides look nice.
It suggests that Tenses identify the time of action.
We should always be punctual.
17. Time works in three modes . . .
Time gone by
Time now
‘Time Now’ is called
PRESENT TENSE
Time yet to come
21. Flowers are always beautiful.
The sun rises in the east.
Machu-Picchu is in South America.
These sentences state the fact or truth in Present Tense.
This form of Present is called
PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
22. Complete these sentences in Present Simple Tense to
introduce your dad.
My dad _____ an engineer.
He ____ 38 years old.
He ________ for a walk every morning.
He _________ very hard.
I _________my dad.
23. In other words, Present Simple Tense expresses ‘Time Now’
as fact, truth, habitual action and state of being.
Patni Top is a beautiful place.
(Fact, state of being)
27. If the concept of Present Simple Tense is clear to you now,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
A. It _________ heavily during monsoons in India.
B. Sania Mirza _________ tennis very well.
C. The river Tawi_________through the city of Jammu.
D. We always ___________ honest people.
E. The Venus _______ the hottest planet in our solar
system.
28. What are these children doing?
They are praying.
They are playing.
29. If the action in the Present Tense is happening now,
this form of Present is called
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
30. Describe the following actions in Present Continuous Tense
Don’t laugh at these children.
They are not as lucky as you are.
31. If the concept of Present Continuous Tense is clear to
you, you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
The stork is_________________.
38. The sun has just set.
The train has left the station.
The earthquake has damaged the road.
When an action is completed in the Present Tense,
this form of Present is called
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
39. If the concept of Present Perfect is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
IArgentina has _________ the World Cup.
have ___________ a a goal. car.
Rahul has ___________ new
43. When the action started some time ago
and is still going on, this kind of Present
is called
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
44. If the concept of Present Perfect Continuous Tense is clear
to you, you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
These girls Ihave ______ __________ for four hours.
This girl has have____ ______ yoga for three years. 11 a.m.
______ __________ her homework since
49. We visited a zoo yesterday.
I phoned my friends just now.
My doggie barked at the monkey.
In these sentences, the action happened a short time ago.
This kind of Past is called
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
50. If the concept of Past simple Tense is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
The girls ________ the match.
We _____________ at my joke.
51. Let us complete this story in Past Simple Tense:
We _______ on a picnic yesterday. The weather ______ pleasant.
We _______ our cycles to a nearby zoo. We _______ there in half
an hour. We _________ the tickets for the zoo from the counter.
We ________our cycles outside the zoo. Then we ______inside.
We ________tigers, lions, zebras and a lot of birds. After seeing the
animals, we __________ under a tree and _______ out our lunch.
We _______ our food silently. We ________ our picnic very much.
55. The farmers were working in the field.
Anita was climbing a rock.
The kids were planting a tree.
In these sentences, some action was going on in the past.
This form of Past is called
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
56. If the concept of Past Continuous Tense is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
Mom was _____________ in his office.
Peter was ______ the kitchen.
60. I had cooked some food for my friends.
We had planted a tree last year.
The birds had built a nest.
In these sentences, some action was completed in the past.
This kind of Past is called
PAST PERFECT TENSE
61. If the concept of Past Perfect Tense is clear to you,
You should be able to fill in the blanks below:
The women had __________ the a lovely dress.
Yasmin had ______________ field for sowing.
65. The firemen had been working for two hours.
The passengers had been waiting for the train since 7 a.m.
It had been raining for one hour.
In these sentences, action had started in the past and
was still going on.
This type of Past is called
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
66. If the concept of Past Perfect Continuous is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
We farmers had ______ _________ the crop an hour.
The had ____ ________ to the speech for halffor one week.
71. These students will make a project on farming.
We will watch a movie tomorrow.
President Obama will visit India soon.
In these sentences, some action will happen in the future.
This form of Future is called
FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
72. If the concept of Future Simple Tense is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
I will ________ in Nepal next year.
We will __________ some fish soon.
75. I will be flying to Delhi tomorrow.
We will be cycling to Bharatpur next month.
In these sentences, some action will continue to happen
in the future. This form of Future is called
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
76. If the concept of Future Continuous Tense is clear to you,
You should be able to fill in the blanks below:
We will ___ ________ to Leh nextin the Indus River.
We will also ___ ________ month to do some relief work.
79. The World Conference on environment will have ended by Monday.
The farmers will have finished their work by October.
In these sentences, some action would be completed in the future.
This type of Future is called
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
80. If the concept of Future Perfect Tense is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
Construction of this house our exams by September end.
We will _____ ________ will have ____ _______ by 2011.
81. The polling at this booth will have been going on
since 10 a.m.
83. The polling at this booth will have been going on since 10 a.m.
Our teacher will have been teaching us for an hour.
In these sentences, an action would have begun some
time ago in the future and would still be going on.
This kind of Future is called
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
84. If the concept of Future Perfect Continuous Tense is clear to you,
you should be able to fill in the blanks below:
You will have have ____ _________ since early morning.
The cattle will_____ _________ for one hour continuously.
85. With this last slide, we have finished learning
the Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous forms of
PRESENT TENSE
PAST TENSE
FUTURE TENSE
