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Verbs

Verb -is a word or group of


wordsd th
thatt expresses an
action (such as eat), an event
(such as happen) or a state
((such as exist).
)

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Present Past Past
Tense tense participle

Walk walked walked


Wash washed washed
Paint painted painted
A
Answer answeredd answeredd

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Kill killed killed
Call called called
Cheat cheated cheated
beat beat beaten
bring brought brought

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catch caught caught
come came come
hear heard heard
lose lost lost
tell told told

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read read read
Cut cut cut
Spread spread spread
Cost cost cost

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bite bit bitten
break broke broken
choose chose chosen
do did done
drink drank drunk
begin began begun

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forget forgot forgotten
give gave given
go wentt gone
fall fell fallen
write wrote written
see sa
saw see
seen
forgive forgave forgiven
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Note the difference between the
presentt simple
i l and d the
th pastt simple:
i l
I go I went
We go we went
You go you went
They go They went
He ggoes He went
She goes She went
It goes It went
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I see I saw
We see We saw
Y
You see Y
You saw
They see They saw
He sees He saw
She
S e sees She
S e sa
saw
It sees It saw
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Tenses
Tense is a change in the verb
t express ti
to time. Tense
T comes
from a word meaning time.
There are three great divisions
of time-present,
p ,p
past,, Future.

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The name Tense is g given to
the different forms of verbs
which denote them.
The English verb has only two
tenses formed by inflection,
inflection
The present and past. The
F t
Future is
i formed
f d by
b the
th hhelp
l
of the auxiliaries.
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I write letters
letters. (Habitual
action)
I wrote a letter.
letter
I Shall write a letter. (future
time expression)
I am writingg a letter.
I was writing a letter.
I shall be writing a letter.
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I have written a letter.
(present aspect)
I had written a letter .
I shall
h ll h
have written
itt a lletter.
tt
I have been writing a letter.
I had been writing a letter.
I shall have been writing a
letter.
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He speaks
He spoke
He will speak
He is speaking
He was speaking
He will be speaking
p g

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He has spoken
He had spoken
H
He will
ill h
have spoken
k
He has been speaking
He had been speaking
Hee will have
a e bee
been speaking
spea g

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The simple past tells us of
actions done in the past
The forest admired the river.
I did my home work.
Rama killed Ravana.
Ravana
He ran fast.
She sang a song.
song
Sachi beat his friend.
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Assertive Sentences
I got up at 5 oclock in the
morning.
I took a bath at 5.30.
I got ready by 6 oclock
o clock.
I had breakfast at 7.15.
I had idl
idly and tea for m
my
breakfast.
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I read the newspaper for half
an hour.
I wentt tto my college
ll b
by b
bus.
I had lunch with my friends.
I returned home at 5.30.
Myyssister
ste gagave
e me es
snacks
ac s and
a d
tea.
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I went to Hassan to meet my
friend.
friend
I got back by auto from my
friends house.
house
I listened to the radio at 7.30.
I watched the English news
on T.V at 9.15.
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I had dinner at 9.45.
I called my cousin to chat for
some time.
I wrote my diary for five
minutes.
minutes
I went to bed at 10. 45.
I had
h d a nice
i sleep.
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How to make questions?
Did + make - made
Did + see - saw
Did + catch - caught
Did + write - wrote
Did + take - took
Did + break - broke
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Did + choose - chose
did + forget - forgot
did + give
i - gave
did + hear - heard
Did + hide - hid
Did
d+d drink -ddrank
a

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1. He forgot.
g ( did + forget)
g )
Did he forget? Did he forgot? (X)
2. She sang a song.
Did she sing a song?
3 They wrote a test.
3. test
Did they write a test?
4 Dinesh
4. Di h made
d a mistake.
i t k
Did Dinesh make a mistake?
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Interrogative Sentences
Did you get up at 5 oclock in
the morning?
Did you take a bath at 5.30?
Did you get ready by 6 ooclock?
clock?
Did you have breakfast at 7.15?
Did you
o read the ne
newspaper
spaper ?
Did you go to your college?
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Did you have lunch with your
friends?
Did you return home at 5.30?
5 30?
Did you go to meet your friend?
Did you gett b
back
k ffrom your
friends house?
Did you listen to the radio?

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Did you watch TV at 9.45?
Did you have dinner?
Did you call your cousin at 10?
Did you write your diary?
Did you go to bed at 10
10.45?
45?

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Interrogative sentences
with wh and H questions
Who, whom, whose, what,
which, why, when, where,
how, how many, how much,
h
how long,
l h
how ffar

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When did you get up in the
morning?
When did you take a bath?
When did you get ready?
When did you have breakfast?
Wh t did you h
What have ffor b
break
k ffast?
t?

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How llong did you read
H d th
the
newspaper?
How did you go to your college?
Whom did yyou have lunch with?
When did you return home?
Who gave you snacks and tea?

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Where did y you go
g to meet your
y
friend?
How did you get back from your
friends house?
When did you listen to the radio?
What programme did you watch
on TV att 9
9.45?
45?

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When did you have dinner?
Why did you call your cousin
att 10?
How long did you write your
diary?
Whene did
d d you go to bed?
bed

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Negative sentences
You did not get up at 5 oclock
in the morning.
You did not take a bath at 5.30.
You did not get ready by 6.
6
You did not have breakfast at
7 15
7.15.
You did not read the newspaper.
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You did not g go to your
y college.
g
You did not have lunch with
your friends.
You did not return home at5.30.
You did not go to meet your
friend.
Y
You did nott gett b
backk ffrom your
friends house.
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You did not listen to the radio.
You did not watch TV at 9.45.
You did not have dinner.
dinner
You did not call your cousin at
10.
10
You did not write your diary?
You did not go to bed at 10.45.

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Negative questions
(Did not you get up in the morning) X
Didnt you get up at 5 oclock in
the morning?
Didnt yyou take a bath at 5.30?
Didnt you get ready by 6?
Didntt you have breakfast at
Didn
7.15?
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Didnt yyou go
g to your
y college?
g
Didnt you have lunch with your
friends?
Didnt you return home at 5.30?
Didnt yyou go
g to meet your
y
friend?
Didnt y
you get
g back from your
y
friends house?

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Didnt you listen to the radio?
Didnt you watch TV at 9.45?
Did t
Didnt you h
have di
dinner??
Didnt you call your cousin at 10?
Didnt you write your diary?
Didnt
d t you go to bed at 10-45?
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Uses of the past tense
1) when we want to indicate that
something g happened
pp at a specific
p
time in the past, we use the past
simple.
* He arrived at Indira Gandhi
Airport at 4 oclock this morning. morning
*Sen came to college at 10 o
clock.
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2)Sometimes this tense is used
without an adverb of time.
They won the World Cup Cricket.
*They Cricket
*She brought the vegetables.
*I h
helped
l d th
the blind
bli d children.
hild
*He failed in S S L C.

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3) We use the past simple for a
period of time in the past,
but not now:
* When I was younger I played
cricket
i k t for
f my llocall tteam.
* The pharaohs ruled Egypt for
thousands of years.

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4)The simple past tense is used for
past habits.
g
*I smoked cigarettes regularly.
g y
(Now I am not smoking)
*She collected stampsp in her
childhood.
(Now she doesn
doesnt)
t)
*My father used to read the
newspapers (Now he doesn
newspapers. doesnt)
t)
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5)) When we talk about something
g
that was invented etc,in the
more distant we use the past
simple.
* Hernan Cortes discovered
Mexico in 1519.
*Chi
*Chinese craftsmen
ft iinvented
t dbboth
th
paper and printing
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6) If we are interested in when a
present situation began rather
than how long it has been going
on for, we use the past simple.
*I started
t t d to
t gett th
the pains
i th
three
weeks ago.
*When did you arrive in Britain?

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7. We use the past simple to talk
about something that happened
at a particular, finished time in
the past.
*Scientists
Scientists made some
fundamental discoveries in the 18th
century.
century
*I threw away most of my old books
when I moved house
house.
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Present tense : Uses of have
and has -Main verb and helping
verb.
I have a letter.
we have a letter.
You have a letter.
They have a letter. letter
He has a letter.
Sh has
She hVikasana
a lletter.
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Present perfect tense
I have written a letter.
We have written a letter.
letter
You have written a letter
They have written a letter.
He has written a letter.
She has written a letter.
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My parents have taken a
decision.
Sen has washed his car.
Gopi has made a mistake.

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Interrogative sentences
Have I written
H itt a lletter?
tt ?
Have we written a letter?
Have you written a letter?
Have they y written a letter?
Has he written a letter?
Has she written a letter?
Have my parents taken a
decision?
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Negative sentences
I have
h nott written
itt a lletter.
tt
we have not written a letter.
You have not written a letter.
Theyy have not written a letter.
He has not written a letter.
She has not written a letter.
My parents have not taken a
decision
decision.
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USES OF THE PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
1 A specific
1. ifi time
ti expression
i
may be used in the simple
past, but no specific past time
expression
e p ess o can
ca be used with
t
the present perfect.
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I saw her yesterday. ( right)
I have
h seen h
her yesterday.(wrong)
t d ( )
I have seen her. ( Right )
Th
They have
h seen th
the T
Taj.
j
(The focus is not on the action but
on the experience.)

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Compare the following
g sentences:-
I saw the Taj in 2005.
when did you see the Taj?
In the simple past, the stress is
on the time of the activity which
answers the question when?
I have
h seen th
the T
Taj.
j
(No time is used)
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2. Time expressions with the
preposition for can be used
both with the simple past
and the present perfect but
the meaningg is different.

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1. He lived in Japan for two
years. (some time ago in the
past)
2. He has lived for two years.
(he
h iis still
till th
there - a period
i d off
time)

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3. Some thingg that began
g in the
past and has continued up to the
time of speaking or writing. Here
is a link between the past and the
present In such cases,
present. cases the
expressions with since or for
are used.d

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1.He has lived there since 1970.
(point of time)
2. I have had this flat since 2010.
(point of time)
3. She hasnt written me since
September. (point of time)
4. I have known him for two years.
(period of time)

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4)This is used to express
completed activities in the
i
immediate
di t past.t (j
(just)
t)
I have just met my friend in
the corridor.
Hee has
as just begu
begun thet e work.
o
He has just posted the letter.
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She has just completed her
assignment.
I have just fallen downstairs.
She has just gone out.
It has just struck ten.
ten
I have just spoken to the boss
abo t my
about m holida
holiday.

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5. The present perfect does not
denote a define time: the focus
is on the completion of the
action and its results.
I have typed the letter.
letter
( The letter is ready)
I ha
havee mo
moved
ed into a ne
new ho
house.
se
( I am in a new house)
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I have cut my finger.
(it is bleeding now)
I have finished my work.
(now I am free)
I have eaten
eaten. (so I am hungry)
She has lost her memory.

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The presentt perfect
Th f t iis a
grammatical combination
of the present tense and the
perfect aspect,
p p , used to
express a past event that
has present consequences.

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6. We
6 W can nott use ththe presentt
perfect tense with specific
time expressions such as:
yesterday,
y y, one year
y ago,
g , last
week, when I was a child, at
that moment, that day, one
day, etc.
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But we can use the present
perfect
f t with
ith unspecific
ifi
expressions such as: ever, never,
once, many times, several times,
before, so far, already, yet, etc.
*I have already seen these
p
reports.
*I have already inspected the
witness.
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I have already selected Srinivas as
my guide.
I have seen that movie ten times
I think I have met him once before.
Nobody has ever climbed that
mountain.
S hi has
Sachi h never broken
b k a lleg.

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Correct the following sentences
1.He have lived here since 2003.
2 Goutham has make a mistake.
2.Goutham mistake
3.They have write a letter.
4.Dinesh sees her yesterday.
5.Padma has do her home work.
6.Did you went to Mysore?
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7. Has they prepared the notes?
8. He forgaves them.
9. Spoorthy have prepared for
main examination.
examination
10. The students has cleaned
a room.

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