Tenses

Verb tense tells you when the action happens. There are three main verb tenses: Present, Past, and Future. Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses.

	Present	Past	Future
Simple	finish	finished	will finish
Progressive	am/is/are finishing	was/were finishing	will be finishing
Perfect	have/has finished	had finished	will have finished
Perfect Progressive	have/has been finishing	had been finishing	will have been finishing

v Things to remember about simple tense:

a. Present tense is the original verb form.
b. Past tense has a few patterns.
c. Future tense needs will (shall) + verb.

Run

I run a marathon twice a year. (present)
I ran a marathon last year. (past)
I will run a marathon next year. (future)

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Drink

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· I drink cola in my office.

I drank cola an hour ago.
I will drink cola in one hour.

Draw

I drew a picture.
I drew a picture yesterday.
I will draw a picture tomorrow.

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Learn

I learn English.
I learned English the last two years.
I will learn English next year.

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Let’s Revise
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms.
1) I a song at the concert yesterday.
2) He a letter to his girlfriend tomorrow.
3) I to the library to borrow some books this weekend.

Recap

Tense is a category that expresses time with reference to the moment of speaking. We studied about verb tense that includes 12 different form of tenses. They are as follows:

Simple Present
Simple Past
Simple Future
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
Future Progressive
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Progressive
Future Perfect Progressive

Tenses are very useful in understanding about the time when the action is taking place.

Quiz for Tenses

Q.1	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. I ______ green vegetables daily.
a)	wear
b)	eat
c)	show
d)	learn

Q.2	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. My sister _______ the newspaper during lunchtime everyday.
a)	laughs
b)	eats
c)	cuts
d)	reads

Q.3	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. Arvind _________ on his bicycle every morning during winters.
a)	cycles
b)	dries
c)	waters
d)	drops

Q.4	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. Maya _________ in the pool everyday.
a)	jumps
b)	prays
c)	wears
d)	swims

Q.5	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. Her mother _________ her Sanskrit.
a)	shows
b)	drowns
c)	teaches
d)	leaves

Q.6	Fill in the blanks with the correct words, using simple present tense. My friends always ________ Math problems during breaktime.
a)	eat
b)	solve
c)	ride
d)	laugh