In a series of sharing English grammar notes, today I am sharing Tenses.
{ Has + Been + V1 + ing + time [since or for] }
Ram was playing cricket. [ Sub + Was / Were + V1 + ing ]
{ Had + Been + V1 + ing + time [since or for] }
Sub + will/shall+be+ V1 + ing+ Object
Ram will have been playing cricket since morning.
Example : I ___(return) my book in the library yesterday.
Verbs and Tenses - Bank Exams Today
| Present continuous | Present simple |
| present of be + active participle | base form/s-form |
| I am reading
you/we/they are reading he/she/it is reading |
I/you/we/they read
he/she/it reads |
| Negative | |
| I am not reading
you/we/they are not reading he/she/it is not reading |
I/you/we they do not read
he/she/it does not read |
| Questions | |
| am I reading?
are you/we/they reading? is he/she it reading? |
do I/you/we/they read?
does he/she/it read? |
| Past Continuous | Present Perfect Continuous |
| Past of be + active participle | Present of have + been + active participle |
| I/he/she/it was flying you/we/they were flying | I/you/we/they have been waiting
he/she/it has been waiting |
| Negative | |
| I/he/she/it was not flying
you/we/they were not flying |
I/you/we/they have not been waiting
he/she/it has not been waiting |
| Questions | |
| was I/he/she/it flying?
were you/we/they flying? |
have I/you/we/they been waiting? has he/she/it been waiting? |
| Present Perfect | Past simple: |
| present of have + past participle | Past form |
| I/you/we/they have opened
he/she/it has opened |
someone opened |
| Negative | |
| I/you/we/they have not opened
he/she/it has not opened |
someone did not open |
| Questions | |
| have I/you/we/they opened?
has he/she/it opened? |
did someone open? |
| Past Perfect | Past Perfect Continuous |
| had + past participle | had been + active participle |
| someone had invited | someone had been going |
| Negative | |
| someone had not invited | someone had not been going |
| Questions | |
| had someone invited? | had someone been going? |
#Present
Present Simple
Ram plays cricket.
Sub + V1 + Object
Note: 's' is used according to subject, always use 's' if subject is singular
Ram is playing cricket.
Is / Am / Are + V1 + ing
Present Continuous
Sub + V1 + ing+ Object
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Ram has been playing cricket since morning or for two hours.{ Has + Been + V1 + ing + time [since or for] }
Present Perfect Tense
Ram has played cricket.
Has / Have + V3 + Object
#Past Tense
Past Indefinite
Ram played cricket. [ Sub + V2 ]
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Ram had been playing cricket since morning or for two hours.{ Had + Been + V1 + ing + time [since or for] }
Past Perfect Tense
Ram had played cricket. [ Sub + Had + V3 ]
#Future Tense
Future Indefinite
Modals ( will/shall) always use with 1st form of verb.
Ram will play cricket.
Future Continuous
Ram will be playing cricket.
Sub + will/shall+be+ V1 + ing+ Object
Future Perfect
Ram will have played cricket.
(always use 'have' with 'will')
Future Perfect Continuous
Example : I ___(return) my book in the library yesterday.
The case of after and before
- The passenger ____ reached the station before the train _______(arrive).[had,reached (V2) ]
- The doctor came after the patient died(V3).
Conditional Statements
If + Present Indefinite + Future Indefinite + Obj
If + Past + Indefinite + would + V1 + Obj
If + Past Perfect + would + Have + V3 + Obj
Examples:
- If I will go to Delhi, I will Meet her. [Correct:If I go to Delhi]
- She will come to meet me as soon as I will reached Delhi.[Correct: I reach Delhi] Conditional Words
- As soon as
- If
- As If
- If wish
- Unless
- Until
- When
- When ever
- Unless you
will nottake care of yours.you will not recover. - Until the train will not gets the signal. It will not arrive. [ always use 's' or 'es' with verb according to the subject ]
- Ram had a car. [ had = main verb (past indefinite)] Ram had had a car. [past perfect] [ has had had ; be was been ] Sub + Main Verb + V3 + Obj
- She was a good girl. [past Indefinite] She had been a good girl.[past perfect]
- If I
wasa bird, I would fly in the sky. [ Correct :were] Present wish = Past indefinite [ never depends on subject] - If we had ___ mohan in our team we would have won the match. [ Correct : had ] Past wish = Past Perfect
- If I had seen you, I would ____ stop my car. [ Correct: Have ]
- He scolded me as if he
wasmy boss. [ Correct: Were ] [ Never use 'was' in conditional statement after if or as ]
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