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English Grammar Tense Guide

This document provides an overview of basic English grammar concepts including: 1) Sentence structure follows the format of subject + auxiliary + verb. Subjects can be pronouns like I, we, you or nouns. Auxiliaries include verbs like do, does, is and verbs are used to indicate tense. 2) Tenses covered include present, past and future. The present tense can be simple, continuous or perfect. The past tense includes simple, continuous and perfect forms. The future tense has simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous forms. 3) Examples are given for constructing sentences in each tense using the correct auxiliary verbs and verb forms to indicate time and continuity of actions.

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English Grammar Tense Guide

This document provides an overview of basic English grammar concepts including: 1) Sentence structure follows the format of subject + auxiliary + verb. Subjects can be pronouns like I, we, you or nouns. Auxiliaries include verbs like do, does, is and verbs are used to indicate tense. 2) Tenses covered include present, past and future. The present tense can be simple, continuous or perfect. The past tense includes simple, continuous and perfect forms. The future tense has simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous forms. 3) Examples are given for constructing sentences in each tense using the correct auxiliary verbs and verb forms to indicate time and continuity of actions.

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Basics of English Grammar

Sentence Structure: Subject + Auxiliary + Verb

Subjects: I, We, You, He, She, They, It, That, Giri

Auxiliary: do, does, did, is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had, will, shall, would, should

Verb: All actions. Verb1 = Present Tense, Verb2= Past Tense, Verb3= Past Perfect

Present Tense
അവൻ എഴുതു ു Simple Present
This tense denotes a permanent truth, habitual action, imperative & exclamatory
He writes, They write do, does + verb
അവൻ എഴുതുകയാ Present Continuous
To show an action going on at the moment
He is writing, They are writing is, am, are + verb + ing
അവൻ എഴുതിയി ് Present Perfect
To express an action that has just finished
To express a past action the results of which are still felt or observed
He has written, They have written
has, have + verb3
I have worked in this office for 2 years
അവൻ എഴുതിെ ാ ിരി ുകയാ Present Perfect Continuous
To show an action which began in the past and is still continuing
He has been writing, They have been writing has, have + been + verb + ing

Past Tense
അവൻ എഴുതി Simple Past
To denote an action that occurred in the past
He wrote, They wrote did + verb2
അവൻ എഴുതുകയായിരു ു Past Continuous
To show the continuity of a past action
To denote an action that was continuing when another action took place
He was writing, They were writing
was, were + verb + ing
It was raining so the match stopped
അവൻ എഴുതീയി ായിരു ു Past Perfect
It is used to indicate the earlier of two actions. The later action is indicated by the simple part
He had written, They had written
had + verb3
The train had left by the time I reached the station
അവൻ എഴുതിെ ാ ിരി ുകയായിരു ു Past Perfect Continuous
Shows an action which started sometime in the past and continued without break till a latter point of time in the
past when something happened
He had been writing, They had been writing
had + been + verb + ing
I had been reading for hours before he came

Future Tense
അവൻ എഴുതും Simple Future
He will write, They will write will + verb
അവൻ എഴുതുകയായിരി ും Future Continuous
He will be writing, They will be writing will + be + verb + ing
അവൻ എഴുതിയി ാകും Future Perfect
He will have written, They will have written will + have + verb3
അവൻ എഴുതിെ ാ ിരി ുകയായിരി ും Future Perfect Continuous
He will have been writing, They will have been writing will + have + been + verb + ing

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