Present
Format: S+MV(s/es)*+O
Ex 1: He makes tea.
Ex 2: They like us.
*If the subject appears to be 3rd person and singular number, main verb takes 's' or 'es'.
2. Present Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Am/Is/Are+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex: She is helping me.
3.Present Perfect Tense:
Format: S+Have/Has+MV3rd+O
Ex: They have forced him to do it.
4.Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Have/Has+Been+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex 1: We have been playing football for an hour.
Ex 2: She has been singing a song since the morning.
*'For' denotes the whole time course of the action.
*'Since' denotes the starting time of the action.
Past
1.Simple Past Tense:
Format: S+MV2nd+O
Ex: Simi called me.
2.Past Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Was/Were+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex: They were singing a song together.
3.Past Perfect Tense:
Format: S+Had+MV3rd+O
Ex: We had planned everything.
4.Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Had+Been+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex: The man had been reading before she arrived.
Future
1.Simple Future Tense:
Format: S+Shall/Will+MV1st+O
Ex: Mimi will try this.
2.Future Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Shall/Will+Be+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex: I shall be going home.
3.Future Perfect Tense:
Format: S+Shall/Will+Have+MV3rd+O
Ex: They will have filled the drum with water by tomorrow night.
4.Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
Format: S+Shall/Will+Have+Been+MV1st(ing)+O
Ex: Ram will have been writing a letter.
N.B:
S = Subject
MV = Main Verb
O = Object
| Present (V1st) | Past (V2nd) | Past Participle (V3rd) |
| Am/Is/Are | Was/Were | Been |
| Have/Has | Had | Had |
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