Conversion of tense

Usage
When we repeat the action of playing cricket daily we say:
I play cricket
But if we want to say that we are in the middle of the action of playing, we say;
I am playing cricket.
At the time of mentioning the action of eating in past we say:
I ate food.
When we want to say that the action of eating food is over but its effect is still here, we say:
I have eaten food.
While mentioning starting point of eating food with saying that we are in the middle of action of
eating, we say:
I have been eating food since last minute.
And when we want to mention that happening of something was before something else, we say:
I had eaten food.
Similarly if we want to show state we say:
I am an eater.
And for the past we say:
I was an eater.
To show our possession we say:
I have food.
Rather for past possession we say:
I had food.
Hence, we came to know that usage of tense depends on the situation we are in.

Structures:
To learn conversion of tense we need to memorize these eighteen basic structures.
1. Present State:
Subject + am/are/ is + complement.
2. Past State:
Subject + was/were + complement.
3. Future State:
Subject +will + be + complement.
4. Present Possession:
Subject + have + complement.
5. Past Possession:
Subject + had + complement.
6. Future Possession:
Subject +will + have + complement.
7. Present Simple:
Subject + verb (1st) + Adv / Obj
8. Past Simple:
Subject + verb (2nd) + Adv / Obj
9. Future Simple:
Subject + will+ verb (1st)+ Adv / Obj
10. Present Progressive
Subject + am/are/ is + verb ing + Adv / Obj
11. Past Progressive
Subject + was /were + verb ing + Adv / Obj
12. Future Progressive

Subject +will + be+ verb ing + Adv / Obj

13. Present Perfect
Subject + have+ verb (3rd)+ Adv / Obj
14. Past Perfect
Subject + had+ verb (3rd)+ Adv / Obj
15. Future Perfect
Subject + will+ have+ verb (3rd)+ Adv / Obj
16. Present Perfect Progressive
Subject + have/ has+ been + verb ing + Adv / Obj
17. Past Perfect Progressive
Subject + had+ been + verb ing + Adv / Obj
18. Future Perfect Progressive
Subject +will + have+ been+ verb ing + Adv / Obj
Note: To convert a sentence into another tense we make changes in the helping verb, If the sentence
has helping verb or else we make change in form of verb.

Conversion
Present to Past Conversion:
Part 1:
I am playing. [Change this into past]
The above sentence has am which is helping verb and playing which is verb.
When theres already a helping verb available in a sentence we need to change this only.
We are directed to change the sentence into past.
The past form of am is was.
Hence:
The helping verb am will become was in conversion.
I am playing.

I was playing.
Part 2:
I play. [Change this into past]
The above sentence has play which is a verb.
We are directed to change the sentence into past.
The past form of play is played.
Hence:
The verb play will become played in conversion.
I play.

I played.

Part 3:

I have played cricket. [Change this into past perfect]

The above sentence has have which is a helping verb and played which is verb.
When theres already a helping verb available in a sentence we need to change this only.
We are directed to change the sentence into past perfect.
The past form of have is had.
Hence:
The verb have will become had in conversion.
I have played.

I had played.

Part 4:
I have been playing cricket. [Change this into past perfect progressive]
The above sentence has have which is a helping verb, been which is called extension and played
which is verb.
When theres already a helping verb available in a sentence we need to change this only.
We are directed to change the sentence into past perfect progressive.
The past form of have is had.
Hence:
The verb have will become had in conversion.
I have been playing cricket.

I had been playing cricket.

Present to Future Conversion.

Part 1:
I play. [Change into future simple]
We use will for future tense.
According to structure of Future Simple will comes before verb; hence
I play.
I will play.
Part 2:
I am playing. [Change into future progressive]
We use will for future tense.
am changes into will be.
According to structure of Future Progressive will+ be come before verb -ing; hence
I am playing.
I will be playing.
Part 3:
I have played. [Change into future perfect]
We use will for future tense.
According to structure of Future Perfect will+ have come before verb (3rd); hence
I have played.
I will have played.

Sundry Conversion 1:
I play cricket. [Change into Present Progressive]
Step 1: Recall the structure of the required branch of tense.
Subject + am/are/ is + verb ing + Adv / Obj
Step 2: Change the form of verb of the given sentence as per required branchs formula
Play + ing = playing
Step 3: Write subject, then the form of verb gained in Step 2 and then object (if given in the original
sentence)
I playing cricket.
Step 4: See if there is any part left to be used as per formula of the required branch of tense
I playing cricket.
Subject + am/are/ is + verb ing + Adv / Obj  am/ are / is
Playing requires a helping verb
am goes with I ; hence :
I am .
Step 5: Construct complete sentence
I am playing cricket.

Sundry Conversion 2:
I play cricket. [Change into Present Perfect Progressive]
Step 1: Recall the structure of the required branch of tense.
Subject + have/ has + been+ verb ing + Adv / Obj
Step 2: Change the form of verb of the given sentence as per required branchs formula
Play + ing = playing
Step 3: Write subject, then the form of verb gained in Step 2 and then object (if given in the original
sentence)
I playing cricket.
Step 4: See if there is any part left to be used as per formula of the required branch of tense
I playing cricket.
Subject + have/ has + been+ verb ing + Adv / Obj  have / has + been
Playing requires have / has +been
have goes with I ; hence :
I have been .
Step 5: Construct complete sentence
I have been playing cricket.