ENGLISH (IBPS CLERK 16 NOVEMBER 2018)

TENSE 4. Now as most of the prisons in India will get an official telephonic
Time of action facility soon, now the prisoners won’t have to make calls in discreet
Portion of action completed manner through smuggled mobiles phones.
TYPES of TENSE Rule 4: Conditional sentence should be used in simple present tense. Future
 PAST tense should not be used.
 PRESENT 5. Though the increasing effects of economic slowdown has affected the
stock market to a large extent last year, the share market is likely to
 FUTURE
double its target this year.
 PAST INDIFINITE – V2
Rule 5: Conditional sentence should be used in simple present tense. Future
 PAST CONTINUOUS – WAS/WERE + VING tense should not be used.
 PAST PERFECT – HAD + V3 6. The government though deliberately announced in the meeting held in
 PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS – the parliament last Wednesday that all GST will increase from the
HAD BEEN + VING + SINCE/FOR beginning of the next year.
 PRESENT INDIFINITE – VS/ES Rule 6: If a sentence starts with past tense then all the verbs must be used the
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS – IS/AM/ARE + VING past tense.
7. On a plea seeking judgement regarding compensation, the consumer
 PRESENT PERFECT – HAS/HAVE + V3
forum directed the municipal corporation to compensate the
 PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS – HAS/HAVE + BEEN + VING + complainant for the inconvenience and mental agony that he suffered
SINCE/FOR due to the irresponsible behaviour of the power officials.
 FUTURE INDIFINITE – WILL/SHALL + V1 Rule 7: In case of two action happening one after the other then the verb which
 FUTURE CONTINUOUS –WILL/SHALL + BE + VING happened first should be used in past perfect tense (had+v3).
 FUTURE PERFECT – WILL/SHALL + HAVE + V3 8. The old lady who was surviving on pension only, had to travel back a
 FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS – long distance when she remembered that she forgot to take an
 WILL/SHALL + HAVE + BEEN + VING + SINCE/FOR important document with her.
Rule 8: In case of two verbs both of which happened in past, the verb which
1. The Centre admitted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there happened first must be used in past perfect tense (had+v3).
was no sovereign guarantee from the French government on the deal 9. We should understand the demand of time as it’s time we should start
for 36 Rafale jets in case the manufacturer, Dassault Aviation, will fall thinking of plan B in case plan A will fail.
short of any committment. Rule 9: If a sentence starts with It/s time then the verb must be written in
Rule 1: Conditional sentence should be used in simple present tense. Future second form. The sentence is used in Simple Past.
tense should not be used. Replace 'will fall' by 'falls' 10. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised
2. Retail investors, who till a few years ago were largely dependent on the pitch for changing the name of the State to Bangla, saying that the
dealers and relationship managers to trade in the stock market, are proposal is lying with the Centre for the last couple of years.
increasingly using their mobile phones to trade. Rule 10: In case of any action which started somewhere in the past and still
Rule 2: Tense should be used according to the time of action when it occurred. going on, then perfect continuous tense should be used.
3. Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and State Congress 11. Contrary to the previous predictions, demand for sugar coated articles
chief Sachin Pilot announced on Wednesday that they would contest increased recently paving the way to high end market.
the December 7 Assembly election. Rule 11: In case of recently, so far, never, ever, present perfect tense is used.
Rule 3 Tense should be uniform in the whole sentence. Has+v3
12. According to the recent survey majority of the population believes that
the stock market is recovered and it is the right time to buy shares.
Rule 12: When some work is completed in recent past, Present Perfect should
be used. Has+v3

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