Revision of tenses

TENSES

CLASS - VI

PREPARED BY

V. SUNITHA

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,SHAIKPET

KINDS OF TENSES

Verb form that shows the time of action is called the tense.

We are the future.

I am past.

I am present

I will celebrate my birthday tomorrow

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

Ravi went to Ocean park yesterday.

Fishes live in water .

SIMPLE FUTURE

To express an action that is going on at the time of speaking

Mary is cleaning vessels.

Rita is playing foot ball .

To express an action which was taking place at some particular moment in the past.

He was cooking chicken when the guests arrived.

To express an action that is in progress at a given future time.

When I get back home, we will be going for a party.

To express an action that began in the past and which was completed by the time of speaking.

The bird has flown away with the baby.

Tony has cut some green vegetables.

To express that some action had taken place before another was begun or completed.

The bus had left before Lata reached the stop.

To express an action that will be completed before a particular time in future.

Rahul will have reached office by this time.

The baby has been playing in the tub for two hours.

Mohan has been attending to the phone since morning.

When I reached home, Kamal had been studying since morning.

By 12 o’clock, mother will have been cooking for two hours.

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WRITE/WRITES

IS WRITING

WROTE

PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT

SIMPLE FUTIURE

WAS WRITING

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

WILL WRITE

PAST PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAS WRITTEN

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAS BEEN WRITING

WILL BE WRITING

HAD WRITTEN

FUTURE PERFECT

HAD BEEN WRITING

WILL HAVE WRITTEN

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

WILL HAVE BEEN WRITTEN