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'will' is used in statements that refer to the future

'would' is used to refer events to the past. / Uncertain future

Past tense of will is willed or rarely would.


He/She/It --- Will and Wills
I will complete the task by tomorrow
He/She will complete the task tomorrow -----OR----He/she wills/ willing (it) to be
completed by today
It will be completed by tomorrow
You/We/They will. -----You will enjoy the trip/ we will enjoy the trip / They will
enjoy the trip
He/She/They ----Willing
He/She is willing to spend his/her weekend with Friends
I am willing to Participate or spend my weekend
Investors are willing to quit /They are willing to win the match / we are willing to
have good time /Are You willing to participate?
He/She/It has willed.
He/she / willed it to be happy celebration …/ It went as he willed / It was well planned
as they willed
They are willing to be happy celebrations
when we're speaking in the past, will becomes would.

“Was” is the past tense of the verb “to be”.

Present: I am an idiot. / dancer / batsmen / rider

Past: I was an/a idiot.

Future: I will be an idiot.

Past: I was, you were (singular), he, she or it was, we were, you were, they were.
Present: I am, you are (singular), he is, we are, you are (plural), they are

was/were ——past tense. Eg.

I was school Capitan

They /we

We were(future)/are(present) confused/baffled/perplexed in that situation

You were up to the speed in your speech

He was furious/angry by the Students behavior

They were/are(present) having hard time dealing with the situation

Present -Has and Past-- Had

He has a nice car.………………… We had a nice car / He had a flight


Rita has a new job……………….. Rita had a new / Rita had a job
She has a polite manner of speaking.

Present tense: SINGULAR — I am. You are. He, She, It is.

Present tense: PLURAL — We are. You are. They are.

Past tense: SINGULAR — I was, You were. He, She, It was.

Past tense: PLURAL — We were. You were. They were.

The verb BE has many forms:

In the present tense: AM, IS, ARE

In the past tense: WAS, WERE

I am -> I was

He/she/it is -> he/she/it was


You/we/they are -> you/we/they were

If you can say “today”, the sentence is in the present, whereas if you can say “yesterday”, it's
in the past.

Verb

When the last letters of a verb doesn't have ss,sh, ch , o, or x we use' s' with third person
singular subjects in simple present tense.

drive — drives.

See — sees.

look — looks

When the last letters of a verb has ‘ ss' , ' sh' , ‘ ch' , ‘ o' or ‘ x' use ' es' with third person
singular subjects .

Possess — possessss.

pass — passes.

Push — pushes .

match — matches ,

Go — goes .

Xerox — xeroxes.

Go through the sentences and change their tenses as directed.

1. The boy speaks the truth. (Present Continuous Tense)


2. Mr Cooper has spoken about Dinosaurs. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
3. The boat sailed yesterday. (Simple Present Tense)
4. Amy went to school yesterday. (Future Continuous Tense)
5. The baby cried for hours. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
6. Robert ate all the cookies. (Present Perfect Tense)
7. I have finished my assignment. (Past Perfect Tense)
8. Mr Bert had taught for five years. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense).
9. Dev saw the Prime Minister yesterday. (Future Continuous Tense)
10. Priya shall finish her stitching by then. (Future Perfect Tense)
Answers

1. The boy is speaking the truth.


2. Mr Cooper has been speaking about Dinosaurs.
3. The boat sails today.
4. Amy will be going to school tomorrow.
5. The baby has been crying for hours.
6. Robert has eaten all the cookies.
7. I had finished my assignment.
8. Mr Bert had been teaching for five years
9. Dev will be seeing the Prime Minister tomorrow.
10. Priya shall have finished her stitching by then.

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