Past Tense
1. SimplePast: V2
- Usage: Completed past action
- Example: He visited Paris last year.
2. Past Continuous: was/were + V1+ing
- Usage: Ongoing action in the past
- Example: They were watching TV.
3. Past Perfect: had + V3
- Usage: Action completed before another past action
- Example: She had left before I arrived.
4. Past Perfect Continuous: had been + V1+ing
- Usage: Action ongoing before another past event
- Example: I had been working there for five years.
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Future Tense
1. SimpleFuture: will/shall + V1
- Usage: Future action or decision
- Example: I will call you tomorrow.
2. Future Continuous: will/shall be + V1+ing
- Usage: Action in progress in the future
- Example: He will be sleeping at 10 PM.
3. Future Perfect: will/shall have + V3
- Usage: Action completed before a future time
- Example: She will have graduated by May.
4. Future Perfect Continuous: will/shall have been + V1+ing
- Usage: Action ongoing till a point in the future
- Example: He will have been teaching for 10 years.
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Present Tense
1. SimplePresent: V1 / V1+s
- Usage: Daily habits, general truths
- Example: She walks to school.
2. Present Continuous: am/is/are + V1+ing
- Usage: Action happening now
- Example: I am reading a book.
3. Present Perfect: has/have + V3
- Usage: Action just completed
- Example: They have finished their work.
4. Present Perfect Continuous: has/have been + V1+ing
- Usage: Ongoing action started in the past
- Example: She has been singing for an hour.
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Practice Questions
• 1.He usually ___ (go) to the gym at 6 AM.
• 2. I ___ (not see) her since last week.
• 3. She ___ (write) a letter when the phone rang.
• 4. They ___ (complete) the project before the deadline.
• 5. I think it ___ (rain) tomorrow.
• 6. We ___ (live) here since 2010.
• 7. By next month, I ___ (finish) this course.
• 8. He ___ (play) football when he was a child.
• 9. The baby ___ (sleep) now.
• 10. By the time I arrived, she ___ (leave).
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Solutions
• 1. goes(Simple Present)
• 2. have not seen (Present Perfect)
• 3. was writing (Past Continuous)
• 4. had completed (Past Perfect)
• 5. will rain (Simple Future)
• 6. have been living (Present Perfect Continuous)
• 7. will have finished (Future Perfect)
• 8. played (Simple Past)
• 9. is sleeping (Present Continuous)
• 10. had left (Past Perfect)
