English tenses
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Tenses and How to use them in Spoken English
Simple Present Tense
Rule: Subject + V1
Warning: You must add “s” when you speak about singular persons i.e HE, SHE IT
E.g. He goes, She eats, It loves
For I, WE, YOU, THEY don’t add “s”
See Below Examples:
I eat,
we eat,
you eat,
They eat,
He eats,
She eats,
It eats
I eat mangoes everyday
He eats mangoes everyday and goes to college.
How to use Simple Present Tense :
We use this Simple Present Tense in order to mention everday actions.
Any action which you do daily or Regulary at a particular period
Eg:
Peter goes to church every Sunday
Lucy goes to college every day
He takes bath every day at 5 pm
I go to movie once in a week
He loves to speak with her daily.
Present Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + is/are + V1 + ing
I am eating
We are eating
You are eating
He is eating
She is eating
It is eating
They are eating
For I, WE, YOU, THEY use “are”
For HE, SHE, IT use “is”
How to use Present Continuous Tense :
We use it when we want to tell an action that is happening in front of our eyes.
Eg:
The kite is flying
The aeroplane is going
She is calling
They are speaking
Maria is Laughing
She is singing nicely
Present Perfect Tense
Rule: Subject + have/has +V3
I have eaten
We have eaten
You have eaten
He has eaten
She has eaten
It has eaten
They have eaten
For I,WE, YOU , THEY use “have”
For HE, SHE, IT use “has”
How to use Present Perfect Tense
We use this Tense for all completed actions of Today or Just now.
E.g.
I have learned English today.
I have gone to internet to learn English this morning
She has called me today
I have worked hard today in the office
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + have been + V1 + ing
I have been eating since 1 hour
We have been eating since 2 hour
You have been eating since 2 hour
He has been eating since 1 hour
She has been eating since 1 hour
It has been eating since 1 hour
They have been eating 1 hour
For I, WE, YOU, THEY use “have been”
For HE, SHE, IT use “has been”
Use “since” always to tell time
How to use Present Perfect Continuous Tense
We use this Tense when you start an action in the past and is still continuing in the present.
For E.g.
I have been learning English Since 2 months
I have been doing this job since 2 years
Tenses in English
Simple Past Tense
Rule: Subject + V2
I went
We went
You went
He went
She went
It went
They went
How to use Simple Past Tense
We use for all the completed actions of Yesterday, Last week and before that…
Students went to picnic last year.
Maria completed her project last year
Past Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + was/were + V1+ ing
I was going
We were going
You were going
They were going
He was going
She was going
It was going
For WE, YOU, THEY, use “were”
For I, HE, SHE, IT use “ was”
How to use Past Continuous Tense
We use this Tense for telling an action happening in the past ( live action in the past)
When I was going to the market, I saw a big snake
When We were going to the school, we met teacher
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + had been + V1 +ing
I had been going to karate classed for one month in the year 1999
We had been going
You had been going
He had been going
She had been going
They had been going
It had been going
How to use Past perfect continuous Tense
In the above example, we must know that the action started in the past and also completed in the past itself.
Tense
Simple Future Tense
Rule: Subject +will + V1
I will eat
We will eat
You will eat
They will eat
He will eat
She will eat
It will eat
How to use Simple Future Tense
We use for all future happenings
Future Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + will be + V1 + ing
I will be eating
We will be eating
You will be eating
They will be eating
He will be eating
She will be eating
It will be eating
How to use future continuous Tense
We use this Tense to express live happening in the future. It is live future.