Present
Past
Future
Present
Indefinite
Basic Structure:
I eat
Indicators:
always, daily, regularly, usually, often, everyday, every
week/month/year, sometimes, occasionally, generally
etc.
Example:
I come to college regularly
I
We
You
They
He
She
It
eat
eats
Affirmative:
I eat
Negative:
I don’t eat
Interrogative:
Do I eat?
Negative Interrogative:
Don’t I eat?
I
We
You
They
He
She
It
don’t
eat
doesn’t
eat
doesn’t
don’t
didn’t
VERB in
present form
(without any
change)
Example:
I don’t like this
He doesn’t like this
She didn’t like this
Present
Continuous
Basic Structure:
I am eating
Indicators:
today, this year, this season, day by day, at this moment,
now, at present, gradually, still
Example:
I am reading now
I
am
eating
We
You
They
are
eating
He
She
It
is
eating
Example:
I am reading now
He is writing a paragraph
Affirmative:
I am eating.
Negative:
I am not eating.
Interrogative:
Am I eating?
Negative Interrogative:
Aren’t I eating?
Present
Perfect
Basic Structure:
I have eaten
Indicators:
just, just now, already, recently, lately, ever, never, yet
Example:
My mother has bought me a book just now
They have won the match recently
I
We
You
They
He
She
It
have
eaten
has
eaten
Affirmative:
I have eaten.
Negative:
I have not eaten.
Interrogative:
Have I eaten?
Negative Interrogative:
Haven’t I eaten?
Present
Perfect Continuous
Basic Structure:
I have been eating since 2pm/ for 5 minutes.
Indicators:
stand, wait, learn, study, sleep, live, stay, rest, work, sit,
lie, teach, rain
Example:
I have been staying in Chittagong for 9 years.
It has been raining since morning.
Affirmative:
I have been reading this book for five days.
Negative:
I haven’t been reading the book for ten days.
Interrogative:
Have I been reading this book since last month?
Negative Interrogative:
Haven’t I been reading this book for five days?
WH Questions
What do I see?
When do I see?
Where do I see?
Why do I see?
How do I see?
Whom do I see?
Who sees?
Who see?
Which………do I see?
Whose……..do I see?
present
past
time, high time
as if, as though
since
Example:
It is high time you went there.
He speaks as if he knew everything
past
past perfect
lest
sb.
should/
might
VERB in
present form
Example:
Study hard lest you should fail in the exam
THANKS