S. JOHN WESLY REGAN M.A, B.ED, D.TED, M.PHIL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH MARY MATHA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE
[email protected] Grammar Tenses - Chart Introduction Don’t be tense with tenses, actually tenses are nothing but a simple one easy to understand. It actually depends upon the lecturer’s style and method of teaching. Before this process the learners must have some maturity and interest. Little bit acquaintance about subject, verb and object and importance of time will make them to comprehend this chart easily and gives them a profound knowledge. Tenses Present, past and future are the three types of tenses which are exhibited in twelve different forms. They are as follows: 1. Present Tense 2. Present Continuous Tense 3. Present Perfect Tense 4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense 5. Past Tense 6. Past Continuous Tense 7. Past Perfect Tense 8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense 9. Future Tense 10. Future Continuous Tense 11. Future Perfect Tense 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense Type: 1 Present Tense Simple Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
He writes a letter. (3rd person singular add ‘S’ to verb) They write a letter.
He is writing a letter.
He has written a letter.
He has been writing a letter.
They are writing a letter.
They have written a letter.
They have been writing a letter.
S. JOHN WESLY REGAN M.A, B.ED, D.TED, M.PHIL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH MARY MATHA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE
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Type: 2 Past Tense Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
He wrote a letter.
He was writing a letter. They were writing a letter.
He had written a letter. They had written a letter.
He had been writing a letter. They had been writing a letter.
Simple Future Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense Future Perfect Continuous Tense
He will write a letter.
He will be writing a letter. They will be writing a letter.
He will have written a letter. They will have written a letter.
They wrote a letter.
Type: 3 Past Tense
They will write a letter.
Person Pronoun 1st Person 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person 3rd Person
I shall we shall You They He
He will have been writing a letter. They will have been writing a letter.
I shall be there at 10 am, tomorrow. We shall be there at 10 am, tomorrow. You will be there at 10 am, tomorrow. They will be there at 10 am, tomorrow. He will be there at 10 am, tomorrow.
Conclusion Thus I hope, the above furnished tense chart provides a profound knowledge to the learners. Little bit understanding about Verbs and its kind will also give some confident to do beginner learners to do exercises without hesitation. For more understanding repeat this practice again and again to get a clear idea.
