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
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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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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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] He spread out his professional equipment (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: He had been spreading out his professional equipment.
2 His eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam (Past Perfect Tense)
Ans.: His eyes had sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam.
3] This colour scheme never failed. (Simple future Tense)
Ans.: This colour scheme will never fail.
4] He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree. (Present Perfect Tense)
Ans.: He has sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree.
5] A surging crowd was always moving up and down this narrow road from morning till night. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: A surging crowd has been always moving up and down this narrow road from morning till night.
6] They have created enough dins all day to attract the whole town. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: They will have created enough dins all day to attract the whole town.
7] Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried groundnut. (Past Perfect Tense)
Ans.: Next to him in vociferousness had come a vendor of fried groundnut.
8] A considerable portion of this crowd dallied before the astrologer too. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: A considerable portion of this crowd will have dallied before the astrologer too.
9] The astrologer transacted his business by the light of a flare.(Present Perfect Tense)
Ans.: The astrologer has transacted his business by the light of a flare.
10] This suited the astrologer very well. (Past Perfect Tense)
Ans.: This had suited the astrologer very well.
11] He carried home at the end of a day. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: He has been carrying home at the end of a day.
12] A surging crowd was always moving up. (Present Perfect Tense)
Ans.: A surging crowd has always moved up.
13] Soapy turned off Broadway. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: Soapy will have turned off Broadway.
14] The child has been asking for sweets for so many days now. (Present Perfect Tense)
Ans.: The child has asked for sweets for so many days now.
15] He had left his village without any previous thought or plan. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: He will have left his village without any previous thought or plan.
16] The nuts vendor blew out his flare. (Past perfect Tense)
Ans.: The nuts vendor had blown out his flare.
Blow -blew - blown
17] He was putting them back into his bag. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: He has been putting them back into his bag.
18] He has escaped my hands. (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: He had been escaping my hands.
19] The stranger had gone off into the night. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: The stranger will have gone off into the night
20] His wife was waiting for him at the door. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: His wife has been waiting for him at the door
21] The child has been asking for sweets for so many days now.(Present Perfect Tense)
Ans.: The child has asked for sweets for so many days now.
22] I will prepare some nice stuff for her. (Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans.: I have been preparing some nice stuff for her.
23] The swine has cheated me. (Future perfect Tense)
Ans.: The swine will have cheated me
24] My assailant has broken quite definite commands of the law. (Simple future Tense)
Ans.: My assailant will break quite definite commands of the law.
Break - broke - broken
25] The law will protect me against violent retaliation. (Present perfect tense)
Ans.: The law has protected me against violent retaliation.
26] I shall not wax my moustache (Past perfect tense)
Ans.: I had not waxed my moustache
27] We infect the world with our ill-humours.(Simple past Tense)
Ans.: We infected the world with our ill-humours.
28] I had left home without any money in my pocket. (Present perfect tense)
Ans.: I have left home without any money in my pocket.
29] I looked up with some anger (Past perfect tense)
Ans.: I had looked up with some anger
30] I have missed him from my bus route of late. (Past perfect tense)
Ans.: I had missed him from my bus route of late.
Solve the following online Test.
#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.
1) Hitesh ------ (learn) to drive for some years now, but he still has not passed his driving test.
Ans.: Hitesh has been learning to drive for some years now, but he still has not passed his driving test.
Hint- for + some years (time), but not past tense
2) Mr. Diwan ------ (live ) in Mumbai since 1964.
Ans.: Mr. Diwan has been living in Mumbai since 1964.
Hint- since+ 1964 (time), but not past tense
3) Mohan ------- (read) a novel for last two weeks.
Ans.: Mohan has been reading a novel for last two weeks.
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.
Ans.: The old papers proved that he had been importing goods to sell in India for many days.
Hint- for + many days (time) & past tense
5) I gave my first concert, when I was 21 after I --- (learn) sitar for long time.
Ans.: I gave my first concert, when I was 21 after I had been learning sitar for long time.
Hint- for + long time (time) & past tense - gave/was
6) By the time I reach home, mother ---------(finish) her cooking.
Ans.: By the time I reach home, mother will have finished her cooking.
Hint- By the time
7) When father comes home in the evening, I---------------(complete) my homework.
Ans: When father comes home in the evening, I shall have completed my homework.
Hint- when
8) By the year 2025, I --------(get) my degree.
Ans: By the year 2025, I shall have got my degree.
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.
Ans: I always remember my singing examination. I was very nervous although I had been learning singing for 10 years.
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.
Ans.: We had been playing cricket here every day for long time, but now we can’t play, because they built here a big complex.
Hint- for + long time (time) and past tense - built + meaning of the sentence
11) By the year 2030, everybody in India ------(become) literate.
Ans.: By the year 2030, everybody in India will have become literate.
Hint- By the time (the year 2030)
12) He ----- (work) in Bajaj Industries for last 10 years.
Ans.: He has been working in Bajaj Industries for last 10 years.
Hint- for + last ten years (time) : not past tense
13) I ----- (wait) for my guest on the bus-station since morning.
Ans.: I have been waiting for my guest on the bus-station since morning.
Hint- since - morning (time) : not past tense
14) When you complete all the language exercises in this book, you ----(acquire) some command over English .
Ans.: When you complete all the language exercises in this book, you will have acquired some command over English
Hint- when
15) The Indian govt. had told that he ----- (provide) the information to Pakistan for last 15 years.
Ans.: The Indian govt. had told that he had been providing the information to Pakistan for last 15 years.
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.
Ans.: He has been learning English for last 5 years, but he can’t even read a newspaper.
Hint- for + last 5 years (time) : not past tense
17) The police investigated that they ---- (commit) the crime for many days.
Ans.: The police investigated that they had been committing the crime for many days.
Hint- for + many days (time) : past tense (nvestigated)
18) When the police ask you about me, I ----- (realize) all dreams.
Ans.: When the police ask you about me, I shall have realized all dreams.
Hint - when
19) My grandmother ---- (tell) us fairy stories since my childhood.
Ans.: My grandmother has been telling us fairy stories since my childhood.
Hint -since my childhood(time):not past tense
20) Mr. Rao ----- (teach) in this school for last 25 years.
Ans.: Mr. Rao has been teaching in this school for last 25 years.
Hint-for + last 25 years(time):not past tense
21) The nation ----(get) success in every field, by the year 2030.
Ans.: The nation will have got success in every field, by the year 2030.
Hint- by the year 2030(time)
22) The driver ----(stop) the bus when he pays attention to the red signal.
Ans.: The driver will have stopped the bus when he pays attention to the red signal.
Hint - when
23) He ----- (study) Russian for last 2 years, he doesn’t know even the alphabets.
Ans.: He has been studying Russian for last 2 years, he doesn’t know even the alphabets.
Hint- for + last 2 years (time): not past tense
24) You ----- (drive) since morning let me drive now.
Ans.: You have been driving since morning let me drive now.
Hint- since + morning (time): not past tense
25) He ----- (speak) for an hour I expect he will soon finish.
Ans.: He has been speaking for an hour I expect he will soon finish.
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?
Ans.:That helicopter has been flying round the army station for 6 hours. Do you think it is taking photographs?
Hint- for + 6 hours (time): not past tense.
27) By the end of the next week, he ---------(finish) his army training.
Ans.: By the end of the next week, he will have finished his army training.
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.
Ans.: They had been following the road for half an hour before they realized they had lost their way.
Hint- for + half an hour (time): past tense (had lost )
29) Inquiry revealed that the smuggling ------ (go) on for long time.
Ans.: Inquiry revealed that the smuggling had been going on for long time.
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.
Ans.: The book revealed that Mr. M. K. Gandhi had been following the way of non- violence for his childhood.
Hint- for + his childhood (time): past tense (revealed)
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Test Questions & answers. (December 12, 2024)
1] We had designed it all into the Mac. (Future Perfect Tense)
Ans: We shall have designed it all into the Mac
2] I shall live with that diagnosis all day. (Past perfect continuous tense)
Ans: I had been living with that diagnosis all day
3] Adults came to relax. (Present perfect tense)
Ans: Adults have come to relax. (come, Came, Come)
4] The rain had divided Mumbai into two. (Present Perfect Tense)
Ans: The rain has divided Mumbai into two
5] But it was raining. (Present perfect con. tense)
Ans: But it has been raining
6] It has been raining without any break. (Past perfect tense)
Ans: It had rained without any break
7] My nephew, Dinesh has lived in Kerala. (Future perfect tense)
Ans: My Nephew Dinesh will have lived in Kerala
8] Rainwater harvesting has helped to fill it. (Past perfect continuous tense)
Ans: Rainwater harvesting had been helping to fill it
9] You are consoling me. (Past perfect continuous tense)
Ans: You had been consoling me
10] Contentment has acted as a barrier. (Future Perfect Tense)
Ans: Contentment will have acted as a barrier
11] It helps me to imagine children exposed to such in humanity. (Future perfect tense)
Ans: It will have helped me to imagine children exposed to such in humanity
12] People were crossing the water. (Present perfect continuous tense)
Ans: People have been crossing the water
13] English is fading into younglish. (Present perfect tense)
Ans: English has faded into younglish
14] He had been trying to achieve success. (Future perfect tense)
Ans: He will have tried to achieve success
15] Niranjan ------ (write) his exercise by that time
Ans: Niranjan will have written his exercise by that time.
16] By the time the doctor arrives, the patient ----- (die)
Ans:By the time the doctor arrives, the patient will have died.
17] P. Gopichand ----- (play) tennis for the last 20 years.
Ans: P. Gopichand has been playing tennis for the last 20 years
18] The police arrested him and we came to know that he ------ (import) goods from America for long time.
Ans: The police arrested him and we came to know that he had been importing goods from America for long time.
