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tenses, clue words:, continous tenses, ALL TENSES - Coggle Diagram
tenses
simple present tense
structure: S+ V1+ O
for all 1st persons and all 2nd persons and they 3rd person we use this structure
2.where it is used: HUP
habitual actiona
universal truths
planned future actions
in story telling/ any narratives all sentences are used in simple present tense only to let people engage to stories and characters better
in various narratives to express simple past
mostly sentences we speak about any person/ object are in simple present only
used in news paper headlines
also used in exclamatory sentences which starts with "here" and "there" to express an action
3.clue words: look at google docs
PINNI: google docs
concept of persons
S+ V1+ S/ES + O
if sentence has 2 verbs
1.for remainig 3rd persons HE, SHE, IT and for ALL NAMES we use this structure
one verb should be singular and another veb shold be plural(as sentence demands we can use this rule vise versa)
revise more ans modify this
2.if a sentence has only one verb
1.if object is in singular form then verb should be in plural form
if object is in plural form then verb should be in singular form
simple future tense
structure: S +WILL/SHALL+ V1+ O
shall is used with only 1st person
will can be used with 2nd 3rd persons
but in modern english will is only used with all persons
2.uses:
uesd to express future actions with respect to time
clue words:
tomorrow, day after tomorrow, year after or next year, next month, next week....
4.PINNI:
exceptions:
will can be used with all persons
simple past tense
structure: S+ V2+ O
uses:
it is used to express already completed actions
it is used to express past habirtual actions
clue words
yesterday, day before yesterday, last week, last month, last year, last decade , ago(houe ago, month ago like this any ago), once(line once upon a time)
PINNI:
exceptions:
in simple past if sentence has 2 verbs then auxiliary verb should be in past tense and actual verb should be in pressent tense or vise verse
clue words:
present:
simple present: generally, usually, always, frequently,rarely, seldom, never
present continous: at this moment, right now, look, listen, dont disturb
present perfect: just, just now, till now, recently, already, yet, lately, so far, this year, this month, this week
present perfect continuos tense: since / for
past:
simple past: yesterday, day before yesterday, last week, last month, last year, ago, once, any past year
s+ v2+ o
uses
past actions with respec t to thero time of occurence
past habitual actions(which are now not apart of us)
past perfect tense: simple past+ when/while/before/after/that
conjunction is always followed by simple past
s+ had+ v3+ o + s+ v2 + o
past perfect is always used with simple past two express two actions that are occuring one another
continous tenses
present continous tense
structure: S+AM/ IS/ ARE + V4+ O
is - he, she, it
are- you, they
am- i
am is used for I
uses:
used to express ongoing action
also used to express planned future action
clue words: at present, at this moment, now, right now, now a days, look, listen, dont distubr
ALL TENSES