Target Audience: First Year Polytechnic English teachers and students in Tamilnadu.
Subject: Communication English-1, M scheme, I semester
Objective: To enable the students understand and identify different tense forms in English.
Question pattern in Exam: I.6. Identify the tense forms used in the following sentences. (3 marks)
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Understanding Tense Forms:
What happens in the world? Either actions or events. What man does is action. What happens to man or what nature does is event. How can we talk about an action or an event without the use of tense form? It is impossible, except in the case of non- verbal communication. Even to explain tense forms (that is an action!) one needs to use tense forms.
Time is generally divided into present, past and future. Tense forms are those forms purposely created by man to talk about the time and state of all actions and events taking place in the world. Tense forms are actually time- forms used to describe four states of an action or event in all the three time divisions-present, past and future. The four states are: 1. Incomplete state 2. completed state, 3. Progressive or long progressive state 4. Probable state
Got it? No? See the images below:
Exercises for you:
Identify the tense forms used in the following sentences.
1. India had won the match.
2. We enjoyed our holidays in Ooty.
3. I will submit my Record Note tomorrow.
4. Mobile had stolen much of our time.
5. Money plays a vital role in everybody’s life.
6. He is cheating you.
7. We have been living here since 2005.
8. The teacher had almost finished her lesson.
9. They were discussing the recent movie Kolamavu Gokila.
Subject: Communication English-1, M scheme, I semester
Objective: To enable the students understand and identify different tense forms in English.
Question pattern in Exam: I.6. Identify the tense forms used in the following sentences. (3 marks)
_________________________________
Understanding Tense Forms:
What happens in the world? Either actions or events. What man does is action. What happens to man or what nature does is event. How can we talk about an action or an event without the use of tense form? It is impossible, except in the case of non- verbal communication. Even to explain tense forms (that is an action!) one needs to use tense forms.
Time is generally divided into present, past and future. Tense forms are those forms purposely created by man to talk about the time and state of all actions and events taking place in the world. Tense forms are actually time- forms used to describe four states of an action or event in all the three time divisions-present, past and future. The four states are: 1. Incomplete state 2. completed state, 3. Progressive or long progressive state 4. Probable state
Got it? No? See the images below:
Exercises for you:
Identify the tense forms used in the following sentences.
1. India had won the match.
2. We enjoyed our holidays in Ooty.
3. I will submit my Record Note tomorrow.
4. Mobile had stolen much of our time.
5. Money plays a vital role in everybody’s life.
6. He is cheating you.
7. We have been living here since 2005.
8. The teacher had almost finished her lesson.
9. They were discussing the recent movie Kolamavu Gokila.
10. I will be waiting for you.
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