Cambrian College

First Digital Campus in Bangladesh

Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker Associate Professor

Department of EnglishCambrian College Dhaka.

Tense denotes the time of the action indicated by a verb. The time is not always the same as that indicated by the name of the tense.

Objectives

By the end of the lesson you will be able : to identify different tenses. to know the kinds of tenses to know structures of sentences in different tenses.

Verbs ending in - ch, - sh or - o: add - es

watch ---- watches go ---- goes

Verbs that end in - y: Instead of y ‘ies’

study ---- studies go ---- goes

Irregular form:

have ---- has

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does subject verb …Does

Does

he

she

like

eat

cats?

meat?

Short answers Yes, he/she does. No, he/she doesn’t.Yes, she likes.

Subject pronouns (before the verb)

Object pronouns (after the verb)

I love Italian food. My wife loves me.

You don’t understand. Nice to meet you.

He/She works in New York. He/She doesn’t like him/her.

It’s a very nice city. I don’t like it.

We don’t live here. He talks to us.

You’re English. Where are you?

They watch TV a lot. I don’t knew them.

eZ©gvb mg‡q †Kvb KvR msNwUZ n‡”Q †evSv‡Z Present Continuous Tense e¨eüZ nq| evsjv wµqvi †k‡l †ZwQ, †ZQ, †Z‡Qb, ”Q, w”Q, †”Q, †”Qb BZ¨vw` _v‡K|

Structure: Subject + Present form of Be Verb (am / is / are) + g~j Verb + ing + Object.

They + are + play + ing + football.

“ ing ” †hvM Kivi wbqg ¸wj bx‡P †`qv nj: 1. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l e _v‡K Ges e Gi Av‡Mi

AÿiwU consonant nq Zvn‡j e D‡V ing †hvM n‡e| †hgb: Take - Taking, Make - Making

2. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l ie _v‡K Ges ie Gi Av‡Mi AÿiwU consonant nq, Zvn‡j ie D‡V y n‡e| Zvici ing †hvM n‡e| †hgb: lie-lying, tie-tying, Vie-Vying

3. hw` Verb Gi †k‡l GKwU gvÎ consonant _v‡K Ges Zvi Av‡M GKwU gvÎ Vowel _v‡K, Zvn‡j †k‡li consonant wU Double n‡e| Zvici ing †hvM n‡e| †hgb:

Run Running Impel Impelling Swim Swimming Can Canning

wKš‘ Verb Gi †k‡l hw` W ev X ev Y Gi †Kvb GKwU _v‡K, Zvn‡j D³ wbqg cÖ‡hvR¨ n‡e bv| A_©vr ZLb Verb Gi †k‡li Consonant wU Double Kiv hv‡e bv| eis ïaygvÎ ing †hvM Ki‡Z n‡e| †hgb:

Present Meaning ing Box Nywl gviv

Boxing Borrow avi Kiv Borrowing

Answer the following question. (a) Can you differentiate present simple and simple

past tense?

True or false. If false, give the correct answer.(a) Tenses play insignificant role in English language. True/false.

Identify the tenses of the following sentences.

The above sentence is in simple

past tense.

Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs of correct tenses discussing in groups from the hands out.

Write a paragraph in about 100 — 120 words about Environment Pollution using the correct tenses.

All the best.

Thank you.

Thank you.