Tenses
Arsod Sir
Rewrite the sentence using proper tense – 01 Mark
Points to Remember
1] Without making any other change in the given sentences only replace the helping verb and main verb.
2] In different sentences different helping verbs and main verbs are used.
List of the Tenses
Simple present tense –
Sub + V1 + Obj
Present Continuous tense –
Sub + am/is/are + v-ing + Obj
Present perfect tense –
Sub + Have/ has + V3 + Obj
{I, we, you, they, plural- have ; He, she, it, singular- Has}
Present perfect continuous tense –
Sub + Have/ has + been + ing+ Obj
Simple past tense –
Sub + V2 + Obj
Past continuous tense –
Sub + was/were + v-ing + Obj
Past perfect tense-
Sub + Had + V3 + Obj
Past perfect continuous tense –
Sub + Had + been + ing + Obj
Simple future tense –
Sub + shall/will + v1 + Obj
(I, We- shall/ for other – will ).
Future continuous tense –
Sub + shall/will +be + v-ing + Obj
Future perfect tense –
Sub + shall/will have +V3 + Obj
Future perfect continuous tense
Sub + shall/will have +been + ing + Obj
Examples - Rewrite the sentences using proper tenses.
1] He spread out his professional equipment (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
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2 His eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam (Past Perfect Tense)
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3] This colour scheme never failed. (Simple future Tense)
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4] He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree. (Present Perfect Tense)
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5] A surging crowd was always moving up and down this narrow road from morning till night. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
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6] They have created enough dins all day to attract the whole town. (Future perfect Tense)
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7] Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried groundnut. (Past Perfect Tense)
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8] A considerable portion of this crowd dallied before the astrologer too. (Future perfect Tense)
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9] The astrologer transacted his business by the light of a flare.(Present Perfect Tense)
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10] This suited the astrologer very well. (Past Perfect Tense)
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11] He carried home at the end of a day. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
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12] A surging crowd was always moving up. (Present Perfect Tense)
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13] Soapy turned off Broadway. (Future perfect Tense)
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14] The child has been asking for sweets for so many days now. (Present Perfect Tense)
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15] He had left his village without any previous thought or plan. (Future perfect Tense)
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16] The nuts vendor blew out his flare. (Past perfect Tense)
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Blow -blew – blown
17] He was putting them back into his bag. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
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18] He has escaped my hands. (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
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19] The stranger had gone off into the night. (Future perfect Tense)
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20] His wife was waiting for him at the door. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
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21] The child has been asking for sweets for so many days now.(Present Perfect Tense)
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22] I will prepare some nice stuff for her. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
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23] The swine has cheated me. (Future perfect Tense)
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24] My assailant has broken quite definite commands of the law. (Simple future Tense)
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Break – broke – broken
25] The law will protect me against violent retaliation. (Present perfect tense)
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26] I shall not wax my moustache (Past perfect tense)
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27] We infect the world with our ill-humours.(Simple past Tense)
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28] I had left home without any money in my pocket. (Present perfect tense)
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29] I looked up with some anger (Past perfect tense)
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30] I have missed him from my bus route of late. (Past perfect tense)
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#1. Big Data has inundated the education industry. (Future Perfect Tense)
#2. It has transformed it in leaps and bounds. (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
#3. Big Data makes it convenient to understand their choices (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
#4. This will also help in guiding the student. (Past perfect tense)
#5. It has provided a solution to one of the biggest pitfalls. (Past perfect continuous tense)
#6. It lies in our hands to make the optimum use. (Simple future tense)
#7. These internet giants provide a great deal of Data. (Present perfect tense)
#8. The Data enables a sportsperson to study his performance. (Future perfect tense)
#9. It has tremendously helped in improving team performance. (Present perfect tense)
#10. The sensors help us to understand the field conditions. (Past perfect continuous tense)
#11. Banking sector is using Big Data. (Present perfect continuous tense)
#12. The SEC is using network analytics. (Present perfect tense)
#13. people have become health conscious. (Past perfect tense)
#14. They detect our heart rate of the patient. (Future perfect tense)
#15. Nowadays we have gadgets to monitor blood pressure etc. (Simple past tense)
#16. Weather patterns give us warnings of the impending natural calamities (present perfect tense)
#17. the law will acquit me. (Future perfect tense)
#18. I shall not wax my moustache or dye my hair. (Simple present tense)
#19. We infect the world with our ill-humours. (Simple past tense)
#20. I had left home without any money in my pocket. (Future perfect tense)
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B] Fill in the blanks with proper tense/ verb form .
Mostly following three tenses are used to fill the blanks.
1] Present perfect continuous tense
(For/since+ time like –For many years /since 20 years)
Have/ has + been + ing
3] Past perfect continuous tense
(For/since+ time like –For many years /since 20 years)+Past Tense
Had + been + ing
3] Future perfect tense
shall/will have +V3
By the time/when+ V1, shall/will have +V3
For many years since 20 years
1) Hitesh —— (learn) to drive for some years now, but he still has not passed his driving test.
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2) Mr. Diwan —— (live ) in Mumbai since 1964.
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3) Mohan ——- (read) a novel for last two weeks
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4) The old papers proved that he — (import) goods to sell in India for many days
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5) I gave my first concert, when I was 21 after I — (learn) sitar for long time.
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6) By the time I reach home, mother ———(finish) her cooking.
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7) When father comes home in the evening, I—————(complete) my homework.
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8) By the year 2025, I ——–(get) my degree.
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9) I always remember my singing examination. I was very nervous although I —— (learn) singing for 10 years.
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10) We —- (play) cricket here every day for long time, but now we can’t play, because they built here a big complex.
11) By the year 2030, everybody in India ——(become) literate.
12) He —– (work) in Bajaj Industries for last 10 years.
13) I —– (wait) for my guest on the bus-station since morning.
14) When you complete all the language exercises in this book, you —-(acquire) some command over English .
15) The Indian govt. had told that he —– (provide) the information to Pakistan for last 15 years.
16) He —- (learn) English for last 5 years, but he can’t even read a newspaper.
17) The police investigated that they —- (commit) the crime for many days.
18) When the police ask you about me, I —– (realize) all dreams.
19) My grandmother —- (tell) us fairy stories since my childhood.
20) Mr. Rao —– (teach) in this school for last 25 years.
21) The nation —-(get) success in every field, by the year 2030.
22) The driver —-(stop) the bus when he pays attention to the red signal.
23) He —– (study) Russian for last 2 years, he doesn’t know even the alphabets.
24) You —– (drive) since morning let me drive now.
25) He —– (speak) for an hour I expect he will soon finish.
26) That helicopter —– (fly) round the army station for 6 hours. Do you think it is taking photographs?
27) By the end of the next week, he ———(finish) his army training.
28) They —— (follow)the road for half an hour before they realized they had lost their way.
29) Inquiry revealed that the smuggling —— (go) on for long time.
30) The book revealed that Mr. M. K. Gandhi —– (follow) the way of non- violence for his childhood.
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1) Hitesh —— (learn) to drive for some years now, but he still has not passed his driving test.
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Hint- for + some years (time), but not past tense
2) Mr. Diwan —— (live ) in Mumbai since 1964.
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Hint- since+ 1964 (time), but not past tense
3) Mohan ——- (read) a novel for last two weeks.
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Hint- for + last two weeks (time), but not past tense
4) The old papers proved that he — (import) goods to sell in India for many days.
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Hint- for + many days (time) & past tense
5) I gave my first concert, when I was 21 after I — (learn) sitar for long time.
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Hint- for + long time (time) & past tense – gave/was
6) By the time I reach home, mother ———(finish) her cooking.
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Hint- By the time
7) When father comes home in the evening, I—————(complete) my homework.
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Hint- when
8) By the year 2025, I ——–(get) my degree.
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Hint- By the time(the year 2025)
Get – got – got
People in the USA and Canada use gotten, but in English-speaking countries people typically use got.
9) I always remember my singing examination. I was very nervous although I —— (learn) singing for 10 years.
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Hint- for + ten years (time) and past tense – was
10) We —- (play) cricket here every day for long time, but now we can’t play, because they built here a big complex.
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Hint- for + long time (time) and past tense – built + meaning of the sentence
11) By the year 2030, everybody in India ——(become) literate.
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Hint- By the time(the year 2030)
12) He —– (work) in Bajaj Industries for last 10 years.
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Hint- for + last ten years (time) : not past tense
13) I —– (wait) for my guest on the bus-station since morning.
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Hint- since – morning (time) : not past tense
14) When you complete all the language exercises in this book, you —-(acquire) some command over English .
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Hint- when
15) The Indian govt. had told that he —– (provide) the information to Pakistan for last 15 years.
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Hint- for + last 15 years (time) and past tense (told)
16) He —- (learn) English for last 5 years, but he can’t even read a newspaper.
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Hint- for + last 5 years (time) : not past tense
17) The police investigated that they —- (commit) the crime for many days.
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Hint- for + many days (time) : past tense (nvestigated)
18) When the police ask you about me, I —– (realize) all dreams.
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Hint – when
19) My grandmother —- (tell) us fairy stories since my childhood.
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Hint -since my childhood(time):not past tense
20) Mr. Rao —– (teach) in this school for last 25 years.
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Hint-for + last 25 years(time):not past tense
21) The nation —-(get) success in every field, by the year 2030.
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Hint- by the year 2030(time)
22) The driver —-(stop) the bus when he pays attention to the red signal.
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Hint – when
23) He —– (study) Russian for last 2 years, he doesn’t know even the alphabets.
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Hint- for + last 2 years (time): not past tense
24) You —– (drive) since morning let me drive now.
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Hint- since + morning (time): not past tense
25) He —– (speak) for an hour I expect he will soon finish.
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Hint- for + an hour (time): not past tense
26) That helicopter —– (fly) round the army station for 6 hours. Do you think it is taking photographs?
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Hint- for + 6 hours (time): not past tense
27) By the end of the next week, he ———(finish) his army training.
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Hint – By the end of the next week(time)
28) They —— (follow)the road for half an hour before they realized they had lost their way.
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Hint- for + half an hour (time): past tense (had lost )
29) Inquiry revealed that the smuggling —— (go) on for long time.
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Hint- for + long time (time): past tense (revealed)
30) The book revealed that Mr. M. K. Gandhi —– (follow) the way of non- violence for his childhood.
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Hint- for + his childhood (time): past tense (revealed)
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