LeArN TENSE with FuN- Lecture 1

In English, there are two types of tenses- Present and The Past but the exceptional characteristic is that the present tense does not always express the present time and past tense does not always express the past times.

[Exceptional book stores sells books]

In this above sentence, the word ‘sells’ is present simple but it expresses all the three times i.e. present, past, and future.

Was selling books yesterday
Is selling book today
Will be selling book tomorrow

E.g. – I wish, I knew the name of that book.
I am sorry, I don’t know the name of that book.

Time can be classified into three categories:

Present
Past
Future

So, here we will learn about the four forms.

Simple present
Present Progressive
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive

Also Read,
Important phrasal verbs

Simple Present

The verb form of simple present is SUBJECT + V1

Note: When the subject is third person singular. Remember, we add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the verb.

1^st person: I, We
2^nd person: You
3^rd person: They, He, She, Rest of the world comes under 3^rd person category.

He goes to school every morning
She understands English
She tries to do it very hard

As we know the forms of sentences:

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Negative Interrogative

Examples:

Affirmative: I go, He goes
Negative: I do not go. He does not go.
Interrogative: Do I go? Does he go?
Negative Interrogative:

GO- DO + GO
GOES- DOES + GO
WENT- DID + GO

Don’t I go?
Doesn’t he go?

NOTE: ‘Not’ is put in two cases.
1. After the subject
2. After the verb

Adverbs used in this tense: – rarely, usually, normally sincerely etc.

Here come the Rules.

RULE 1: This tense is used for universal/ scientific truth.

Example:

The sun rises in the east.
Oil floats on water.
April has 30 days.

Let’s explain any one sentence among the above sentences.

The sun rises in the east.

This sentence expresses universal/ scientific truth and also it defines the three times i.e. Present, Past & Future.

RULE 2: This rule is about habitual actions.

Example:

I go to the old age home once a week.
She always drinks water in between the food.
There are the actions which are considered habitual.

RULE 3: Planned Future Action

This is about the arrangements done for the future activities or events.

Example:

I get up at 7 AM next Wednesday. I have to be in Rourkela this week.
The school reopens on 19^th June.
The plane for New York leaves Mumbai at 9 AM.
The CBSE compartmental exam to begin on 1^st August.