The plants where not looking normal (identify the tenses of the verb)
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CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Tenses
August 28, 2019 by Sastry CBSE
CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Tenses
1. Read the following sentences carefully :
(i) Birds fly in the air.
(ii) My brother flew to England last week.
(iii) I shall fly a kite on Sunday.
In the first sentence the Verb fly’ refers to the Present time, in the sec¬ond sentence the Verb ‘flew’ refers to the action in the Past, while the Verb in the third sentence ‘shall fly’ refers to the Future.
2. The Tense of a Verb shows the time when an action takes place.
There are three Tenses :
I. Present Tense
II. Past Tense
III. Future Tense
3. In order to show at what stage an action is, each of the three tenses has been sub-divided into four heads. These sub-divisions are—
Tense Indefinite Continuous or Progressive Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Present I play I am playing I have played I have been playing
Past I played I was playing I had played I had been playing
Future I shall play I shall be playing I shall have played I shall have been playing
Thus, the tense of a verb does not show only the time of an action or event alone. It shows the state of that action also.
A. Simple Present Tense
The Simple Present is used to express :
(i) A habitual action
(ii) A general truth
(iii) What is happening (in exclamatory sentences only)
(iv) An order or request.
(i) A habitual action :
I go for a walk daily.
He comes to school at 8 O’clock.
(ii) General truth :
The sun rises in the east.
Two and two make four.
(iii) What is happening :
Here comes the chief guest !
(iv) An order or request :
Obey your teachers.
Exercise 1
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Fill in the blanks in the following with the correct form of the verb given in brackets : (Present Tense)
1. I …………… in Model Town. (live)
2. The mother …………… food for us. (cook)
3. She …………… to temple every morning. (go)
4. He …………… on me whenever he wants. (call)
5. I …………… what my sister …………… . (eat)
6. My father …………… from his office in the evening. (return)
7. They …………… football every evening. (play)
8. I …………… everybody well. (wish)
9. The cat …………… rats. (kill)
10. The farmers …………… rain. (need)
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1. live
2. cooks
3. goes
4. calls
5. eat, eats
6. returns
7. play
8. wish
9. kills
10. need.
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