Friday, December 30, 2022

TENSES (PART 4)

TENSES

(PART 4)

Present Perfect Tense:

i)                An action that began in the past and true in the present.

ii)              An action that happened in the past but time is not specified.

iii)             Structure: Subject + Have/Has + Verb3 + Object

iv)             Example 1: I have played football a lot this week.

(Explanation: Here, an action of playing started in the past and it is still true in the present moment)

v)               Example 2: I have finished my homework.

(Explanation: Here, we are getting to know that the homework is done but time is not specified i.e., when exactly the homework was done)

Past Perfect Tense:

i)                An action that completed before any other action in the past.

ii)              Structure: Subject + Had + Verb3 + Object.

iii)             Example: I had played football before you came

(Explanation: One action of playing was already completed with respect to another action ‘came’)

Future Perfect Tense:

i)                An action that will happen before another event in the future.

ii)              Structure: Subject + Will have + Verb3 + Object

iii)             Example: I will have played football by the time you arrive.

(Explanation: An action of playing will be already completed before the action of your arriving. Here, comparison of two future event is happening)

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science
Coimbatore - 641020
Contact: 9944138137
e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in

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