determine the tense
a)they wash their hands
b)it will have rained cats and dogs
c)you had your meals
d)she has worn a new dress
e)she will be selling her car very soon
f)she had been doing her hair for an hour
g)he was smoking a cigarette
h)it will have been raining for two days by then
i)the cat has been chasing the rats for an hour
j)the tailors are sewing new clothes
Answers
Required Answers:-
a) They wash their hands.
→ Simple Present Tense.
b) It will have rained cats and dogs.
→ Future Perfect Tense.
c) You had your meals.
→ Past Perfect Tense.
d) She has worn a new dress.
→ Present Perfect Tense.
e) She will be selling her car very soon.
→ Future Continuous Tense.
f) She had been doing her hair for an hour.
→ Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
g) He was smoking a cigarette.
→ Past Continuous Tense.
h) It will have been raining for two days by then.
→ Future Perfect Continuous Tense.
i) The cat has been chasing the rats for an hour.
→ Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
j) The tailors are sewing new clothes.
→ Present Continuous Tense.
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There are 4 kinds of tenses.
- Present Tense
- Past Tense
- Future Tense
Present Tense is further divided into 4 groups:-
(i) Simple Present Tense:-
Eg:- She plays guitar.
(ii) Present Continuous Tense:-
Eg:- I am going to market.
(iii) Present Perfect Tense:-
Eg:- I have done my work.
(iv) Present Perfect Continuous:-
Eg:- He has been roaming here and there since hours.
Past Tense is further divided into 4 groups:-
(i) Simple Past Tense:-
Eg:- I ran towards the temple.
(ii) Past Continuous Tense:-
Eg:- We were studying together.
(iii) Past Perfect Tense:-
Eg:- She had gone till the time he arrived.
(iv) Past Perfect Continuous Tense:-
Eg:- Ram had been watching television, when Shyam went to meet him.
Future Tense us further divided into 4 groups:-
(i) Simple Present Tense:-
Eg:- I will go to the doctor.
(ii) Future Continuous Tense:-
Eg:- She will be performing on the stage tomorrow.
(iii) Future Perfect Tense:-
Eg:- They will have finished there homework by tomorrow.
(iv) Future Perfect Continuous Tense:-
Eg:- At noon, Shyama will have been watering her plants.
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