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Tense and Its Classifications

Tense and Its ClassificationsToday, we would like to discuss the basic and major base of English grammar, Tense and itsclassifications in brief. Later we will discuss the entire function of tenses.So, let’ s start what is tense?

আজ আমরা ইংেরিজ Tense and its classifications

Tense … িক?

Definition of Tense: Tense করা। সাধারণত,একিট sentence verb verb

tense এর নামকরন করা হয়। সতরুাং Sentence- এ verbtense বলা হয়

Example:কির

I help him now. (present tense- )

I helped him yesterday. (past tense- অতীত কাল)

I shall help him tomorrow. (future tense- )

Note: সতরুাং, sentence subject বা object নয়, verbsentence tense এ আেছ। আর তাই, tense verbওপর।সাধারন ভােব, ৩ ভােগ ভাগ করাযায়- পিরেশেষ, ৩ কােলর ওপর ঘটনার ধরন এবং

verb ৪ ভােগ tense ১২ -

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TENSEPresent Past Future

Present Indefinite/Simple Past Indefinite/Simple Future Indefinite/SimplePresent Continues Past Continues Future Continues

Present Perfect Past Perfect Future PerfectPresent Perfect Continues Past Perfect Continues Future Perfect Continues

Indefinite/Simple

Continuousচলমান ঘটনা

(verb present form+s/es) (verb past form) (shall/will+v.present form)Do/does did Shall/will

Present Indefinite Past Indefiniteঅতীেতর

Future Indefinite

St:verb/ verb+s/es St:verb past form St:shall/will+verb in base formNegative & interrogative:

Do/does not +verb base formNegative & interrogative:did not+verb base form

Negative & interrogative:shall/will not+verb base form

Example:Soham attends classes

regularly.

Example:Soham attended classes

regularly.

Example:Soham will attend classes

regularly.Negative: Soham doesn’tattend classes regularly.

Negative: Soham didn’tattend classes regularly.

Negative: Soham will notattend classes regularly.

Interrogative:Does Sohamattend classes regularly?

Interrogative:Did Sohamattend classes regularly?

Interrogative:Will Sohamattend classes regularly?

Am/is/are Was/were Shall be/will beVerb+ing

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Perfect

Have /has Had Shall have/will haveVerb past participle form

Present Perfect

,

Past Perfect Future Perfect

St: has/have(verb past participle form)

St: had(verb past participle form)

St: shall have/will have(verbpast participle form)

Negative & interrogative:Has/have not+(v.p.p.f)

Negative & interrogative:Had not+(v.p.p.f)

Negative & interrogative:shall have/will have

not+(v.p.p.f)Example:

Soham has attended classesregularly.

Example:Soham had attended classes

regularly.

Example:Soham will have attended

classes regularly.Negative:

Soham has not attended classesregularly.

Negative: Soham had notattended classes regularly.

Negative:Soham will have

not attended classesregularly.

Interrogative:Has Soham attended classes

regularly?

Interrogative:Had Soham attended

classes regularly?

Interrogative:will Soham have attended

classes regularly?

Present Continues Past Continuesঅতীেতর

Future Continuesঘটনা

St:am/is/are(verb+ing)

St:was/were(verb+ing)

St:shall be/will be(verb+ing)

Negative & interrogative:am/is/are not+(verb+ing)

Negative & interrogative:was/were not+(verb+ing)

Negative & interrogative:shall be/will be not+(verb+ing)

Example:Soham is attending classes

regularly.

Example:Soham was attending classes

regularly.

Example:Soham will be attending

classes regularly.Negative:

Soham is not attending classesregularly.

Negative:Soham was not attending

classes regularly.

Negative:Soham will be not attending

classes regularly.Interrogative:

Is Soham attending classesregularly?

Interrogative:Was Soham attending classes

regularly?

Interrogative:Will Soham be attending

classes regularly?

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Perfect Continuous

Have/has had Shall have/will haveBeen+(verb+ing)

Present perfect Continues Past perfect Continues Future perfect Continues

চলেত থাকেব

St: have/has been(verb+ing)

St: had been(verb+ing)

St: shall have been/will havebeen

(verb+ing)Negative & interrogative:

Have/has +not+been+(verb+ing)

Negative & interrogative:Had+not +been+(verb+ing)

Negative & interrogative:shall /will +not+ have been +

+(verb+ing)Example:

Soham has been attendingclasses for 5 days.

Example:Soham had been attending

classes for 5 days.

Example:Soham will have been

attending classes for 5 days.Negative: Soham has not beenattending classes for 5 days.

Negative: Soham had notbeen attending classes for 5

days.

Negative: Soham will have notbeen attending classes for 5

days.Interrogative:has Soham beenattending classes for 5 days?

Interrogative: had Sohambeen attending classes for 5

days?

Interrogative: Will Sohamhave been attending classes

for 5 days?

These are the basic classifications of Tenses and we hope that we will discuss the classificationsof each Tense elaborately next time. So, keep in touch with us to learn the classification oftenses.

হল Tenses এর মলূ ভাগ এবং আমরা আশা করিছ আমরা Tenses এরআেলাচনা করব ভােগর উপর।সতরুাং, আমােদর সােথ Tenses এর

classifications

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