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The word tense refers to the way a verb changes its form to show time. There are only two tense forms to a form: Present and Past. Present: Go, goes Past: went. Going and gone do not show any tense. They can be used for speaking about past, present or future. Use the present form to speak about...
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The word tense refers to the way a verb changes its form to show time. There are only two tense forms to a form: Present and Past. Present: Go, goes Past: went. Going and gone do not show any tense. They can be used for speaking about past, present or future. Use the present form to speak about what happens every day, every time, by habit or custom. 'She goes to work by car.' 'I watch the 9 o'clock news.' The speak about what happened in the past, use the past form: 'I met him yesterday.' To speak about a running or continuing action, use the -ing for 'We are waiting for the doctor.' Present 'We were watching a movie last night.' Past. 'Don't call me at 2. I will be sleeping.' Future. 'I have been working here since 2012. Past to present. 'He had been working in the previous company for two years. Past to Past. Use the -ed/en form to speak about completed action with reference to situat ion in the present; in the past. 'I have applied for visa. (Action in the past, situation (waiting for visa) Present. ' She came to work yesterday. I had called her to report for duty. (Past action; past situation.) For more ask your teacher or look up a good grammar book. read less
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Dear Munish, It is easy to understand the basics of tenses in 3 stages of Present, Past & future. First form a simple table of I, II & III persons with a root verb of your choice say 'eat'. In the rows, mention the singular & plural forms of the person for eg; I person ( singular I, plural, We). In...
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Dear Munish, It is easy to understand the basics of tenses in 3 stages of Present, Past & future. First form a simple table of I, II & III persons with a root verb of your choice say 'eat'. In the rows, mention the singular & plural forms of the person for eg; I person ( singular I, plural, We). In the columns fill the different forms of present tense (for eg: present simple I eat, Present Continuous I am eating etc). Do this for past and future tenses as well. Use different root verbs and practice. You will gain confidence. read less
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Dear Mr. MunishBabu, If you need basics on Tenses please let us know your location. We can help you. If you are in need of online classes also we can help. Regards
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Mr. Munishbabu to learn tense, start taking example on yourself. For Example...I eat,I am eating,I have eaten, I have been eating for two hours.
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Start from the books. Be it wren n martin or any other such stuffs. Then gradually make the use of sufficient ebooks
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learn the various possible situation for a sentense and it will give your basics of tense
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