VERBS

VERBS
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CAN COULD WILL WOULD SHALL

SHOULD MUST MAY MIGHT OUGHT

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CAN COULD WILL WOULD SHALL

SHOULD MUST MAY MIGHT OUGHT

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CAN COULD WILL WOULD SHALL

SHOULD MUST MAY MIGHT OUGHT

TENSES
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WORK SIMPLE CONT. PERFECT PERFECT
CONT.

PRESENT Work/ works Am/ is/ are Has/ have Has/ have
working worked been
working

PAST Worked Was/ were Had worked Had been

working working

FUTURE Will work Will be Will have Will have

working worked been
working
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live SIMPLE CONT. PERFECT PERFECT
CONT.

PRESENT live/ lives Am/ is/ are Has/ have Has/ have
living lived been living

PAST lived Was/ were Had lived Had been

living living

FUTURE Will live Will be Will have Will have

living lived been living
 SIMPLE PRESENT
1. Regular/ Habitual action of the present

I live in Bangalore.
I play cricket.
I eat breakfast at 8:00 AM.

2. Universal Truth/ Scientific Fact

The sun rises in the east.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
3. Planned action in the near future
I leave for Delhi tonight.
I leave for Delhi next week.
 PRESENT CONT.
1. Ongoing action – present point of time

I am listening to music.
I am walking in the park.

2. Prohibitory Rule- see, hear, smell, taste, understand,

believe, notice, love, hate, like, dislike
I am loving it. I love it
The flower is smelling sweet. The flower smells sweet.
3. Planned action
I am leaving for Delhi tonight.
I am leaving for Delhi next week.
 PRESENT PERFECT
1. An action that began in the past and may or may not still
take place
I have lived in Bangalore till 2015.
I have lived in Bangalore since 2015.
I have lived in Bangalore for 10 years.
2. Cause (past)- Effect ( present)

I have visited London and I know the place quite well.

 PRESENT PERFECT CONT.
1. An action that began in the past and still takes place

She has been displaying her talent on the tennis

court for the past 10 years.
 SIMPLE PAST
1. Regular/ Habitual action of the past
I lived in Bangalore.
In my childhood, I played cricket.
2. Time marker of the past
I saw a movie yesterday.
Samuel invented the device in 1978.
3. Ago

I visited the Taj Mahal 10 years ago.

4. It is high time…….
It is high time the teacher completed the syllabus.
 PAST CONT.
1. Ongoing action – past point of time

Yesterday evening, I was walking in the park.

2. Two simultaneous actions of the past

While I was studying, she was watching T.V

 PAST PERFECT
1. Two actions of the past

Earlier Action – Past Perfect tense

Later Action – Simple Past tense

By the time I reached the station, the train had left.

The movie had started by the time I reached the theatre.
No sooner had the train left than I reached the station.
Hardly had the train left when I reached the station.
 PAST PERFECT CONT.
1. An action that began in the past and would still take
place if it had not been interrupted by a second action

She had been living in Bangalore for 10 years till she

was transferred to Goa.
 SIMPLE FUTURE
1. Planned Action - Certainty

I will leave for Delhi tomorrow.

I will pass the exam.
 FUTURE CONT.
1. Ongoing action – Future point of time

I will be travelling tomorrow afternoon and may not

be able to answer your calls.
 FUTURE PERFECT
1. An action that will be over by a future point of time

I will have finished the assignment by tonight.

I will have saved enough money to buy a laptop by
the end of next month.
 FUTURE PERFECT CONT.
1. Time duration of an action that began in the past, still takes
place and is expected to continue up to a point of time in future.

I will have been living in Bangalore for 10 years by December 2021.