TENSE – PRESENT PAST AND FUTURE

To establish effective communication Tense is very important. It is one aspect of English grammar which is categorized into Present, Past and Future in connection with a situation.

Today we look at the type of Present Tense with its sentence structure.
1. Simple Present tense
a. Subject + V1 + Object (Positive)
b. Subject+ Do/Does not + V1+Object (Negative)
c. Do/Does + Subject + V1 + Object ?(Interrogative)

Example:

I want to play cricket.
He does not want to play.
Do you want to play cricket?

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2. Present Continuous Tense

a. Subject + Is/Am/Are + V1ing + Object (Positive)
b. Subject + Is/Am/Are + Not + V1ing (Negative)
c. Is/Am/Are + Subject + V1ing + Object? (Interrogative)

Example:
Boys are playing cricket.
They are not playing cricket.
Are you going to play cricket?

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3. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

a. Subject + has/have been + V1ing + Object + For/Since + Time reference (Positive)
b. Subject + has/have –not been + V1ing + Object + For/Since + Time reference (Negetive)
c. Has/have + Subject + been + V1ing + Object + For/Since + Time reference? (Interrogative)

Example:
He has been working since 2 o clock
He has not been working here since January.
Have you been working there for 2 days.

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4. Present Perfect Tense

a. Subject + has/have (Helping Verb) + V3 + Object (Positive)
b. Subject + has/have + not + V3 + Object (Negative)
c. has/have + Subject +V3 + Object? (Interrogative)

Example:
I have done my job.
He has not done his work.
have you done your work?

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ENGLISH CONVERSATION IN VEGETABLE MARKET

(When we go for marketing we usually talk about price product and related talk only. here you will get to learn some commonly use sentence) RAJU: I am going for marketing. Would you like to come? SANJU: Yeah sure. In fact I was just thinking of it. RAJU: Great; let’s go then! SANJU: What is the cost of potato? VENDOR: It is Rs.30 per KG. SANJU: Give me 2kg RAJU: Shall we buy some carrot? SANJU: It is not nice. RAJU: Then buy some cabbage. SANJU: Ok. . How much does cabbage cost? VENDOR: It is Rs.15 for each. SANJU: Give me 2. RAJU: I just forget to say, tomato has finished so buy some tomato as well. SANJU: Where is it? RAJU: Over there and I can see fresh peas too. Why don’t you buy peas? SANJU: Go and buy half a kg of tomato only. Peas not required now. RAJU: OK.

CONVERSATION IN COURIER OFFICE

POSTAL CLERK: What can I do for you? SANJU: I need to mail this package to Delhi, please. POSTAL CLERK: OK, let’s see how much it weighs … it’s about 500 gms. If you send it in Speed post, it will get there in 2 working days or you can send it normal and it will get there by Saturday. SANJU: Saturday is fine. How much will that be? POSTAL CLERK: Rs. 250 . Do you need anything else? SANJU: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I need a book of stamps, too. POSTAL CLERK: OK, your total comes to Rs.400 NOTE: “What can I do for you” is a formal way of saying what you want from us. “Or you can send in normal” speaker took pause in “or” to express that you have another option too. “Oh Yeah” is to express suddenly she remember something. And it is followed by “I almost forgot”

FLUENT ENGLISH PATHSHALA

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