Downloaded 102 times
Uploaded byrinky gupta
Tense
This document provides an overview of tense in English grammar, emphasizing its role in indicating the time of actions or states as expressed by verbs. It categorizes verbs into types, including regular and irregular verbs, and includes examples of auxiliary verbs. Additionally, various forms of tenses are outlined, including present, past, and future categories.
More Related Content
Tense
- 1. Tense• What istense? • Brief introduction to verbs. • Varieties of tenses. Presented by Rinky Gupta M.Phil ( English Language Teaching) Banasthali Vidyapeth, Rajasthan, India
- 2. What does atense mean? • Tense is the grammaticalisation of time reference. • The tenses simply show the time of an action or state of being as shown by a verb. • The verb ending is changed (conjugated) to show what time it is referring to. Therefore verb plays an important role in a sentence.
- 3. Tense divides timeinto…..
- 4. What is aVerb?
- 5. Types of verbs. AuxiliaryVerbs Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
- 6. Auxiliary verbs Primary auxiliaryverbs • Be(am, is, are, was, were), Do (do, does, did, done), Have (have, has, had) Modal auxiliary verbs • Can, May, Shall, Will, Could, Might, Should, Would, Must, Ought to, Used to, Need, Dare
- 7. Regular verbs • Regular verbshave four forms. Form Verb example Base form Walk Play -s form (3rd person singular present) Walks Plays Past Walked Played -ing participle (past participle) Walking playing
- 8. Irregular verb • Irregularverbs can have more than four forms. Form Verb example Base Drink -s form (3rd person singular present) Drinks Past Drank -ing participle (present participle) Drinking -ed participle (past participle) drunk
- 9. List of regularand irregular verb Regular verbs Love Kill Pin Kick Like Live Look Mail Meas ure Mix Tip Move Open Paint Want Pass Pour Prom ise Was h Prove Push Race wipe Rain jump stay Stop tip Irregular verbs
- 10. Varieties of tenses present •Simple present • Present Continuous • Present Perfect • Present perfect continuous past • Simple Past • Past Continuous • Past Perfect Simple • Past Perfect Continuous future • The future Simple Present • The future Present Continuous • The future Present Perfect Simple • The future Present Perfect Continuous
- 11.