Tenses

TENSES:

A PRESENT

B PAST

C FUTURE


Present Simple

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous



Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous



Future Simple

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous





Present

Past

Future

Simple

I write notes. (V1)

He writes notes.(V1+s)

I wrote notes. (V2)

He wrote notes.

I shall write notes.(V1)

He will write notes.

Continuous

I am writing notes.(V+ing)

He is writing notes.

You are writing notes.

I was writing notes.

You were writing notes.(V+ing)

I shall be writing notes.

He will be writing notes.

(V+ing)

Perfect

I have written notes.(V3)

He has written notes.

I had written notes.

They had written notes.(V3)

I shall have written notes.(V3)


Perfect Continuous

I have been writing notes.

He has been writing notes.(V+ing)

I had been writing notes.

We had been writing notes.(V+ing)

He will have been writing notes. (V+ing)



Previous Question Papers


Identify the tense in the following sentences.


2015 Dec

  1. He will be meeting us next week.

  2. He went to Goa last week.

  3. I have finished my homework.

  4. They have been playing since 4 o'clock.

Ans:

  1. Future Continuous

  2. Simple Past

  3. Present Perfect

  4. Present Perfect Continuous


2016 May

  1. I was reading a novel.

  2. Amit drinks coffee in the morning.

  3. I have seen the Taj Mahal.

  4. She has been working since morning.

Ans: 

  1. Past Continuous

  2. Simple Present

  3. Present Perfect

  4. Present Perfect Continuous


2016 Dec

  1. Disha speaks English fluently.

  2. They have been playing since 4 o'clock.

  3. She left the school last year.

  4. We shall know exam results in January.

Ans:

  1. Simple Present

  2. Present Perfect Continuous

  3. Simple Past

  4. Simple Future

2017 May

  1. He works in a bank.

  2. It rained yesterday.

  3. She is watching TV.

  4. I have been waiting for her.

Ans:

  1. Simple Present

  2. Simple Past

  3. Present Continuous

  4. Present Perfect Continuous


2017 Dec

  1. He was breaking records.

  2. Anuja and Akshata are sisters.

  3. Harshada has been working for 2 years.

  4. Akshatha has been planning a surprise.

Ans:

  1. Past Continuous

  2. Simple Present

  3. Present Perfect Continuous

  4. Present Perfect Continuous


2018 May

  1. They watch television regularly.

  2. Was she talking to you?

  3. We haven't seen her today.

  4. I will meet him in the evening.

Ans: 

  1. Simple Present

  2. Past Continuous

  3. Present Perfect

  4. Simple Future


2018 Dec

  1. The train leaves for daily at 6:00 p.m.

  2. He has cleaned the blackboard.

  3. She is taking dance lessons nowadays.

  4. I received your letter yesterday.

Ans: 

  1. Simple Present

  2. Present Perfect

  3. Present Continuous

  4. Simple Past


2019 May

  1. I have known him for a long time.

  2. We are preparing sweets for the festival.

  3. My brother has been living in the USA since 2010.

  4. The Earth rotates on its axis.

Ans: 

  1. Present Perfect

  2. Present Continuous

  3. Present Perfect Continuous

  4. Simple Present


2019 Dec

  1. Saima is working hard for the examination.

  2. She drove to Mumbai last week.

  3. I have been waiting for her.

  4. I will buy a car next year.

Ans:

  1. Present Continuous

  2. Simple Past

  3. Present Continuous

  4. Simple Future