Tense Class 4
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This document provides an overview of tenses in the English language. It defines different tenses such as present continuous, present perfect, and past simple tense. Examples are given for each tense along with their structures and uses. The objectives are to be able to identify different tenses, know their types, and understand sentence structures in various tenses. Exercises are included to have students practice identifying and using tenses correctly in sentences and paragraphs.
Tense Class 4
- 1. Cambrian College First Digital Campus in Bangladesh
- 2. Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker Associate Professor Department of English Cambrian College Dhaka.
- 4. Tense denotes the time of the action indicated by a verb. The time is not always the same as that indicated by the name of the tense.
- 5. Objectives By the end of the lesson you will be able : • to identify different tenses. • to know the kinds of tenses • to know structures of sentences in different tenses.
- 6. One thing happened in the past, and is in progress at the present time, and probably will continue. Ex: I am washing the dishes.
- 7. am walking is + doing are staying (verb + ing)
- 8. Present perfect tense expresses action completed at the present time (perfect means complete) or begun in the past and continuing into the present. This tense uses the helping verbs has and have and the past participle of the verb. Examples: He has written a letter to his uncle. (completed action) The Waltons have lived here for seven years. (continuing)
- 9. ‡h wµqvi KvR AZxZ mg‡q ïiæ n‡q GL‡bv Pj‡Q Zv‡K Present Perfect Continuous Tense e‡j| Structure: Subject + (have/has) + been + Verb + ing + Object. They + have + been+ do + ing + the work. (sub.) + (have v.) + (been) + (v.) + ing + (obj.) Negative Gi Structure: Subject + have not been/has not been + Present form of Verb + ing + obj./ext. + for/since + Time. †m cuvP wgwbU a‡i fvZ Lv‡”Q bv| He has not been eating rice for five minutes. Avwg †mvgevi †_‡K K‡j‡R hvw”Q bv| I have not been going to college since Monday.
- 11. At one particular time in the past, it happened. It began and ended in past. Ex: I walked to school this morning.
- 12. Regular: played, walked, noticed Irregular : became, began blew, grew thought, taught cut, hurt, let
- 13. Answer the following question. (a) Can you differentiate present simple and simple past tense? True or false. If false, give the correct answer. (a) Tenses play insignificant role in English language. True/false.
- 14. Identify the tenses of the following sentences.
- 15. The above sentence is in simple past tense.
- 16. Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs of correct tenses discussing in groups from the hands out.
- 17. Write a paragraph in about 100 — 120 words about Environment Pollution using the correct tenses.
- 18. All the best. thAnk you.
- 19. Thank you.