There are three parts of time which we
separate into three parts and name them Tenses. They keep highly significance
in the linguistic world; their presence and grammatically correct usages are
really very important to have a good command over any language whether it is
English or any other language in the world. Let’s learn free
grammar lesson about tense and rules.
What is a tense?
The tense can be shown as a form of a
verb and shows the time and the state of an action or event.
There are
usually three types of tenses in English.
1.
The Present Tense
2.
The Past Tense
3.
The Future Tense
In this article
you are going to learn about these tenses how to make various sentences on
different rules based on these three types.
Each of them
have four distinct parts
1.
Indefinite Tense
2.
Continuous Tense
3.
Perfect Tense
4.
Perfect Continuous tense
First of all we
are going to learn the present tense at the beginning. Here are the rules about
the present tense and formation of the sentences.
The present Indefinite Tense
Usage: the
present indefinite tense is used to denote Custom, Habit, Practice Repeated
Actions, Permanent Activity And General Truth etc.
This is one of
the most indispensable tenses and types in English because it has many more
usages and multiple rules. This type is rather useful and important than it
seems hard. It clearly proves that the good things take time.
Some Adverbs of frequencies are also used
in the present indefinite tense largely. These adverbs are mentioned here
respectively.
(Seldom, sometimes, weekly, annually,
every day, often, usually, occasionally, normally, always, frequently, daily
and rarely)
(Formation)
|
Sentence |
Singular |
Plural |
|
Affirmative |
SUB + V1+S / ES + OBJECT |
SUB + V1 + OBJECT |
|
Negative |
SUB + DOES NOT + V1 + OBJECT |
SUB + DO NOT + V1 + OBJECT |
|
Interrogative |
WHY + DOES + SUB + V1 + OBJECT + ? |
WHY + DO + SUB + V1 + OBJECT + ? |
|
Negative Interrogative |
WHY + DOES + SUB + NOT + V1 + OBJECT + ? WHY + DOESN’T + SUB + NOT + V1 + OBJECT + ? |
WHY + DO NOT + SUB + NOT + V1 + OBJECT + ? WHY + DON’T + SUB + NOT + V1 + OBJECT + ? |
Universal truths: This use
of present indefinite tense covers the general truths that is universally
followed.
Examples
1.
The Sun rises from the East and
sets in the West.
2.
The Stars twinkle at night.
3.
Two and two make four.
4.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
5.
When we boil water, it
evaporates.
Habitual Actions: The present
indefinite tense has a use wherein we indicate the habits of a person or
general occurrence of any activity.
Examples
1.
Mr. Vinod always likes to help
others.
2.
The students usually play many
games in the absence of the teacher.
3.
Neha eats water balls a lot.
4.
We often go to gym at 8 pm.
5.
He walks in sleep he is a
somnambulist. (a person who walks while sleeping)
Regular activities: there
are many scheduled actions that a person does every day. We should use this
demonstrate these actions in the present indefinite tense only.
Examples
1.
He wakes up at 7 am and goes to
bed at 10 pm regularly.
2.
My office timing is 10 am but I
often reach there around 10:20 am.
3.
I write articles on a regular
basis.
4.
People use social media a lot.
5.
We buy fruits and vegetables
from market.
Irregular actions: There
are some actions that we don’t act out regularly but we must do them weekly or
monthly. We use these irregular actions in the present indefinite tense only.
Examples
1.
I usually meet my friends on
Sundays.
2.
He goes for a haircut once in a
month.
3.
Rahul goes to meet her
girlfriend at the end of a month.
4.
We pay GST quarterly.
5.
They rarely go to bank for cash
withdrawal or cheque submission.
Hobbies: the best part of
a person’ life is his hobbies. You can recognize the nature of a person through
his habits or hobbies.
Examples
1.
Rakesh makes best out of waste
things with his creativity.
2.
Sonu likes to learn more about
the cyber security.
3.
Priyanka makes reels on
Instagram.
4.
Kundan wastes his time to find
out the shortcuts to become rich overnight.
5.
Neha sleeps at lot or listens
to music.
6.
They like learning English with the help of an English blog.
Additional
usages of present indefinite tense
I.
Historical present : we show the actions
that took place a long ago in this use.
Examples
1.
Now Arjun shoots arrows at
Bhishma.
2.
Now Netaji enters and addresses
the Indian soldiers.
I I.
Future engagement: Here we use the fixed
future actions that will take place, come what may.
Examples
1.
Ramu weds Sonali on 25th
August, 2021 in New York.
2.
The final rusults of the NEET
exam is announced tomorrow.
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