ENGLISH TENSES

 TENSES

Date- 16/8/21

Topics covered-

1.Simple present

2.Present continuous tense

3.Present perfect tense

4.Present perfect continuous tense



Past tense- 1.Simple past tense

2.Past continuous tense

3.Past perfect tense

4.Past perfect continuous tense


Date- 18/8/21


Topics covered-

1.Future tense

2.Future continuous tense

3.Future perfect tense

4.Future perfect continuous tense.


Rewrite

the following sentences using the verb and tense indicated in the brackets.

We can order food from this restaurant if it is open. (be-simple present)

Have you inherited your uncle’s estate? (inherit- present perfect)

I don’t know if the lawyer has been working on the case or not. (work -present perfect

continuous)

We make a purchase, only if something good catches our eyes. (make)

My career would have been different, if I had chosen that course. (choose- past perfect)

Mahesh had been enquiring about Mrs Pillai’s health. (enquire- past perfect continuous)

They will distribute five truckloads of wheat this week.( distribute- future)

 

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given verbs.

I would like to visit Shyla after I come back from Jaipur.

 

Varuni had finished cooking when the telephone rang.

 

We were very hungry as we had been playing all day.

 

They will wait until five in the evening, for your reply.

 

Can you please tell me when this bus leaves for Raipur?

 

Jenny has been postponing her visit to the doctor.

 

Everyone had occupied their seats before the chief guest arrived.                                                                                     (occupy)

She will have been living in this house for twenty-five years by next month. (live)

 

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the corrected word/words. (Note: the error is in tenses only)

 

 

 

a)

Megan is a novelist. She had won many awards

had

has

b)

for her books. Currently, she is written a novel set

written

writing

c)

in the Antarctic region. After the book has been publish,

publish

published

d)

she will be travelled all over the world to promote it.

travelled

travelling

 

e)

I like her novels and will bought this one too.

bought

buy

 


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