Tense

English Grammar-Tense
Tense is the form of a verb that takes
to show the time it happened.
Or
Tense is the forms of a verb which
show the time at which an action
happened:

Past tense
1. Past Indefinite/simple Tense
2. Past Continuous Tense
3. Past Perfect Tense
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

There are three main tenses
1. Past tense: things that were
true before the words were
spoken or written.
2. Present tense: things that are
true when the words are spoken
or written.
3. Future tense: things that will be
true after the words are spoken
or written.

Past tense
Structure: Subject + Verb(Past Form)+Object.
Example:
1. I wrote a latter.
2. I ate rice.
3. They Played football.
4. She went to School.
5. He gave me a book.

Past simple/indefinite Tense
Structure: Subject+ verb (past form) +
object.
Example:
• I Went to school.
• They played football.
Note: Underline word is verb (past form). Only
past simple/indefinite tense consider past form of
verb.
Exercise:
We gave her a doll for her birthday.
My father died last year.
He lived in Fiji in 1976.
We crossed the Channel yesterday.
I often bought my lunch to school.
She wrote a letter.

Past simple/indefinite Tense (neg)
Structure: Subject+ did not + verb
(present form) + object.
Example:
• I did not go to school.
• They did not play football.
Exercise:
We did not give her a doll for her
birthday.
My father did not die last year.
He did not live in Fiji in 1976.
We did not cross the Channel
yesterday.
I often did not buy my lunch to school.
She did not write a letter.

Past Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject+ be verb (was/were) +
verb (present form)+ Ing+ object.
Example:
• I was going to school.
• They were playing football.
• He was taking a picture of you.
Note: ing form always become with present form
of Verb.
Exercise:
1. Karim is swimming.
2. She is reading a book.
3. Rani is writing a latter.
4. Student’s are cleaning the school yard.
5. Flower’s are blooming.

Past Continuous Tense (neg)
Structure: Subject+ be verb (was/were) +
Not+ verb (present form)+ Ing+ object.
Example:
• I was not going to school.
• They were not playing football.
• He was not taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
1. Karim is not swimming.
2. She is not reading a book.
3. Rani is not writing a latter.
4. Student’s are not cleaning the school
yard.
5. Flower’s are not blooming.

Past Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject+ had + verb (past
participle form)+ object.
Example:
• I had gone to school.
• They had played football.
• He had took a picture of you.
Exercise:
She had met him before the party.
The plane had left by the time I got to the
airport.
I had written the email before he
apologized.
She had established her company before
2008.
I had fallen asleep before eight o'clock.

Past Perfect Tense (neg)
Structure: Subject+ had +not+ verb (past
Example:
• I had not gone to school.
• They had not played football.
• He had not took a picture of you.
Exercise:
She had not met him before the party.
The plane had not left by the time I got to
the airport.
I had not written the email before he
apologized.
She had not established her company
before 2008.
I had not fallen asleep before eight o'clock.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject+ had + been+ verb
(present form)+ ing + object.
Example:
• I had been going to school.
• They had been playing football.
• He had been taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
They had been talking for over an hour.
She had been working at that company for
three years .
James had been teaching at the university
for more than a year.
we had been sleeping
you had been writting
He had been speaking.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense(neg)
Structure: Subject+ had + not + been+
verb (present form)+ ing + object.
Example:
• I had not been going to school.
• They had not been playing football.
• He had not been taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
They had not been talking for over an
hour.
She had not been working at that
company for three years .
James had not been teaching at the
university for more than a year.
we had not been sleeping
you had not been writting
He had not been speaking.

Present tense
Structure: Subject + Verb(Present Form)+Object.
Example:
1. I write a latter.
2. I eat rice.
3. They Play football.
4. She go to School.
5. He give me a book.

Present simple/indefinite Tense
Structure: Subject+ verb (present form) +
object.
Example:
• I go to school.
• They play football.
• He takes a picture of you.
Exercise:
The earth goes round the sun.
I work in a shop.
She drives a car.
I usually go away at weekends.
I get up at 6 o’clock at every morning.
He comes from Cumilla.

Present simple/indefinite Tense (neg)
Structure: Subject+ do/does + not + verb
Example:
• I do not go to school.
• They do not play football.
• He does not take a picture of you.
Exercise:
The earth does not go around the sun.
I do not work in a shop.
She does not drives a car.
I usually do not go away at weekends.
I do not get up at 6 o’clock at every
morning.
He does not comes from Cumilla.

Present Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject+ be verb (am/is/are) +
Example:
• I am going to school.
• They are playing football.
• He is taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
The water is boiling.
I am getting hungry.
They are speaking.
It is raining.
My father is teaching me.
She is writing a letter.

Present Continuous Tense (neg)
Structure: Subject+ be verb (am/is/are) +
not+ verb (present form)+ Ing+ object.
Example:
• I am not going to school.
• They aren’t playing football.
• He isn’t taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
The water isn’t boiling.
I am not getting hungry.
They aren’t speaking.
It isn’t raining.
My father isn’t teaching me.
She isn’t writing a letter.

Present Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject+ have/has + verb (past
Example:
• I have gone to school.
• They have played football.
• He has took a picture of you.
Exercise:
I have gone to market.
She has driven a car.
They have played cricket.
He has wrote a letter.
They have spoke.
My father has taught me.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense(neg)
Structure: Subject+ have/has+ not +
been+ verb (present form)+ ing + object.
Example:
• I have not been going to school.
• They have not been playing football.
• He has not been taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
He has not been living New York since
1992.
She has not been working in an
organization since 2008.
It has not been raining since morning.
They have not been cleaning the class
room for an hour.

Future tense
Structure: Subject + shall/will + Verb (Present
Form)+Object.
Example:
1. I shall write a latter.
2. I will eat rice.
3. They will play football.
4. She will go to School.
5. He will give me a book.

Future simple/indefinite Tense
Structure: Subject+ Shall/will+ verb
Example:
• I shall go to school.
• They will play football.
• He will take a picture of you.
Exercise:
We shall move to another city.
He will come to New York tomorrow.
They will make a phone which has artificial
intelligence.
I shall go to market.
They will do the work.

Future simple/indefinite Tense(neg)
Structure: Subject+ Shall/will + not+ verb
Example:
• I shall not go to school.
• They will not play football.
• He will not take a picture of you.
Exercise:
We shall move to another city.
He will come to New York tomorrow.
They will make a phone which has artificial
intelligence.
I shall go to market.
They will do the work.

Future Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject+ shall/will + be + verb
(present form)+ Ing+ object.
Example:
• I shall be going to school.
• They will be playing football.
• He will be taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
I shall be sleeping at around 6.00 AM
tomorrow.
They will be playing at this time tomorrow.
She will be watching TV when I come
home.
I will be working in the office while you
watch a movie.

Future Continuous Tense(neg)
Structure: Subject+ shall/will + not + be +
Example:
• I shall not be going to school.
• They will not be playing football.
• He will not be taking a picture of you.
Exercise:
I shall not be sleeping at around 6.00 AM
tomorrow.
They will not be playing at this time
tomorrow.
She will not be watching TV when I come
home.
I will not be working in the office while you
watch a movie.

Future Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject+ shall/will+ have/has +
verb (past participle form)+ object.
Example:
• I shall have gone to school.
• They will have played football.
• He will has took a picture of you.
Exercise:
I shall have completed the assignment by
Monday.
She will have cleaned the house before
her father comes.
Alex will have submitted the tender by
tomorrow.
Before I go to see her, she will have left
the place.
They will have finished making the bridge
by January.

Future Perfect Tense(neg)
Structure: Subject+ shall/ will+ have/has
+ verb (past participle form)+ object.
Example:
• I shall have gone to school.
• They will have played football.
• He will has took a picture of you.
Exercise:
I shall have completed the assignment by
Monday.
She will have cleaned the house before
her father comes.
Alex will have submitted the tender by
tomorrow.
Before I go to see her, she will have left
the place.
They will have finished making the bridge
by January.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject+ shall/will+ have/has +
been+ verb (present form)+ ing + object.
Example:
• I shall have been going to school.
• They will have been playing football.
• He will has been taking a picture of you.
Note: There is no practical use of this
tense.
Exercise:
They will have been living Paris.
She will have been walking.
It will have been raining.
You will have been using my
computer for five months.

[Note]
Subject Be verb Do verb Have verb
I Am/was Do/did Have/had
We Are/were Do/did Have/had
You Are/was/were Do/did Have/had
He Is/was Does/did Has/had
She Is/was Does/did has./had
They Are/were Do/did Have/had
it Is/was Does/did Has/had
Noun Is/are/was/were Does/did Has/had

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