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.

Tense k‡ãi evsjv A_© ÔKvjÕ| wµqv m¤úbœ nIqvi mgq‡K Tense e‡j| evK¨ MVb, cwieZ©b ev ms‡hvRb me‡ÿ‡ÎB Tense Gi cÖ‡qvRb Av‡Q|

1. He does the sum. 2. He did the sum. 3. He will do the sun. GLv‡b D‡jøwLZ evK¨¸‡jvi g‡a¨ cÖ_g evK¨wUi

wµqv 'doesÕ w`‡q eZ©gvb mgq, wØZxq evK¨wUi wµqv Ôdid’ w`‡q AZxZ mgq I Z…Zxq ev‡K¨ will/do w`‡q fwel¨r mgq‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q| Zvn‡j †evSv hv‡”Q Tense g~jZ wZb cÖKvi| h_v:

Tense

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

Present Past Future

Present Indefinite

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Indefinite

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Future Indefinite

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous

Tense

Present tense may express action which is going on at the present time or which occurs always, repeatedly, or habitually.

Examples: He sees the train. He eats cereal for breakfast every day.

Past tense expresses action completed at a definite time in the past.

Examples: He wrote the letter yesterday. She lived to be 90 years old.

Future tense expresses action which will take place in the future.

It uses the helping verbs will or shall* and the present tense form of the verb).

Examples: He will send the letter tomorrow. I shall wait here until you return.

* Traditionally, shall is used for 1st person and will for 2nd and 3rd persons.

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.