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Tense

He speaks English Fluently

Fluently

He goes there

Forms of Tenses

wPbvi Dcvq :
 Continuous = V+ing, c~‡e©i Auxiliary Øviv wbiƒcY Kiv hv‡e Zv ‡Kvb ai‡bi Continuous Tense , Am/is
/ are = Present , was/ were = Past, will be /shall be = Future
 Perfect= V3 , c~‡e©i Auxiliary Øviv wbiƒcY Kiv hv‡e Zv ‡Kvb ai‡bi Perfect Tense, Have / has=
Present , Had= Past, Will have/ shall have= Future
 Been + V.ing
 V1= Present Indefine
 V2= Past Indefinite
 Shall/will + V 1= Future Ind

Tense Indefinite Continuous Perfect Perfect

Continuous
Present I do , He does I am doing, He is I have done , He I have been
doing has done doing, He has
been doing
Past I did , He did I was doing, You I had done I had been doing
were doing
Future I shall do I shall be doing I shall have done I shall have been
doing

 Present Indefinite Tense :

Structure: Subject + Verb Present Form + Extension

 Habitual Fact - The man takes exercise regularly , I get up at 5.30 am in the morning
 Universal Truth - The moon gives us light
 Historical Truth - Shah Jahan builds the Taj Mahal
 Near Future - The school opens on the 20th August
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 Verb of Sense or Verb of Perception - Like, love, look, see, hear, smell, notice,
recognize, appear, seem, want, taste, think, expect, assume, wish, desire, hope, suppose,
believe, agree, consider, mean, mind, understand, know, imagine, trust, forget, remember,
possess , own, belong to, contain, consist of,
Avwg AvKvk †`L‡ZwQ - I see the sky
I understand you -
I know the problem -
 Present Indefinite Tense Markers - always, often, regularly, sometimes, generally,
occasionally, usually, frequently, normally, every time, every day/ week, morning, once
or twice a week etc.
Real Questions

1. Shaheen ---- tenis once or twice a week

a) is playing usually b) is usually playing c) usually plays d) plays usually

2. Rabindranath’s stories often --- surprise endings.

a) had b) have c) has d) have had

3. Teacher said, “The earth --- round the sun”

a) moves b) moved c) has moved d) will be moving

4. They ---- the problem now.

a) understood b) are understanding c) understands d)

understand

5. Peter --- his hair twice a week

a) washes b) washed c) is washing d) wash

6. I ---- to work by car but sometimes I walk.

a) usually is going b) usually went c) usually goes d) usually go

7. Each Friday , they --- their cloths.

a) washes b) washed c) is washing d) wash

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 Present Continuous tense

Structure: Subject + am/is/are+ Verb+ ing + Extension

 eZ©gvb mg‡q †Kv‡bv KvR eySv‡Z Present Continuous Tense nq - She is reading a book now
 Changeable Situation - The world’s climate is changing rapidly
 Near Future - I am walking to school tomorrow
 1st Clause / Sentence + 2nd Clause (Present Time ) - Look ; she is singing
 Verb of Sense or Verb of Perception - Like, love, look, see, hear, smell, notice,
recognize, appear, seem, want, taste, think, expect, assume, wish, desire, hope, suppose,
believe, agree, consider, mean, mind, understand, know, imagine, trust, forget, remember,
possess , own, belong to, contain, consist of,
 Present Continuous Tense Markers- now, right now, at present, at this moment, at this
very moment

Real Questions

1. The baby --- because it is hungry now.

a) is crying b) cries c) is d) are

2. Do not be so impatient! -----

a) I’m coming b) I have been coming

c) I come d) I coming

3. The dog is barking; It ------- a terrible noise.

a) makes b) made c) is making d) has made

4. Do not disturb me; I ---- my homework.

a) do b) does c) am doing d) did

5. I --- a crime- thriller now.

a) read b) am reading c) is reading d) was reading

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6. Bangladesh ------ in the active earthquake zone.

a) lies b) is lying c) lied d)

Lie - Lied- lied

Lie - lay- lain

lay - laid- laid

I am walking to school tomorrow -

The school opens on 20th December -

I will go to Dhaka tomorrow -

 Present Perfect Tense

Structure : Subject + Have\ has + Verb - Past Participle Form + Extension

 ‡Kv‡bv KvR G gvÎ †kl n‡q‡Q wKš‘ Zvi djvdj GL‡bv evwK Giƒc eySv‡Z Present Perfect Tense nq Ñ He
has just come in
 mg‡qi D‡jøL bvB Ggb AZxZ Kvwjb NUbv eY©bv Ki‡Z - I have read the book but I have forgotten
the most of it. I read a novel last week
 Incomplete Period Gi g‡a¨ ‡Kv‡bv KvR msNwUZ eySv‡Z - I have bought it this month.

nove
1 20 31

 AZxZ Kv‡j †Kv‡bv KvR n‡q‡Q , GL‡bv nq Ges fwel¨‡ZI n‡e (m¤¢ebv ev wek¦vm Av‡Q ) - He has written a
number of novels, I have lived there for 10 years

 This/it is the first time… / Superlative … + Present Perfect Tense - It is the first time he
has driven a car
 Tense Markers - Just, just now, already, yet , lately, recently, so far, till now, never, ever,
for, since, for a long time, many times, second times
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Real Questions

1. He is my best my friend now, and --- for many years.

a) was b) has been c) had been d) was to be

2. Just now he --- his dinner but he says he’ll see you when he’s finished.

a) is having b) has had c) was having d) had

3. The train --- late three times this week

a) was b) has been c) had been d) is

4. Mr. Rahman is my colleague. I --- him for over 10 years.

a) know b) has been knowing c) has known d) knew

5. Jesmin has lost his passport again. It’s the 2nd time this ---

a) has happened b) happens c) happened d) had happened

6. He has been ill --- Friday last

a) from b) on c) in d) since

 Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: Subject + have been/ has been + Verb.ing + Extension

Tense Makers- Since , for, how long , ever since - It has been raining since 5. 00 pm

Since + point of time - since morning , since 1998, since 7.00 pm

For + Duration of time/ Period of time- for three days , for five months
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Real Questions

1. The baby --- since morning

a) cries b) has cried c) has been crying d) have been crying

2. Jashim looks happy. --------

a) He has suffered for fever for the last three days

b) He has been suffering from fever for the last three days

c) He has been suffering with fever for the last three days

d) He has been suffering with fever.

3. I have been living in Dhaka --- 2000

a) since b) from c) after d) till

4. Julia has been ill --- three months

a) since b) about c) in d) for

 Past Indefinite Tense

Structure: Subject + Verb Past form + Extension
 AZxZ Kv‡j ‡Kv‡bv KvR msNwUZ n‡qwQj Giƒc eySv‡Z - I called him yesterday.
 It is time / high time + Past Indefinite Tense - I is high we met
 Tense Markers: Last week, last month, last year, ago, before, yesterday

 Past Continuous Tense

Structure: Subject + was/ were + Verb+ing + Extension

 AZxZ Kv‡j †Kv‡bv KvR wbw`©ó mg‡q PjwQj ev nw”Qj eySv‡Z - I was eating rice at yesterday 7.00 PM
 Past Continuous + while + Past Continuous / While + Past Continuous , Past Continuous
- While I was reading a book, my brother was watching a football match
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 When + Past Indefinite , Past Continuous / Past Continuous + when + Past Indefinite -
When I came home, my mother was cooking rice
 Tense Markers - at that moment, at that time, that week

I have read a book -Present Perfect

I read a book yesterday - Past Ind.
I was reading a book yesterday at 7.00 pm - Past Con.

 Past Perfect Tense

Structure - Subject + had+ Verb Past Participle Form + Extension
 AZxZ Kv‡j `yBwU KvR msNwUZ n‡qwQj ‡h KvRwU c~‡e© n‡qwQj Zv Past Perfect Ab¨w`‡K hv c‡i msNwUZ n‡qwQj
Zv Past Indefinite Tense - I went to bed after I had eaten rice
 Past Indefinite + after + Past Perfect - - I went to bed after I had eaten rice
 Past Perfect + before/ by the time + Past Indefinite - I had arrived the station before the train
left.
 No Sooner had/Scarcely had/ Hardly had + Subject + Verb Gi Past Participle + than/when
/when, before + Past Indefinite - No sooner had I reached the station than the train left.
 I was time/ high time + Past Perfect - It was high time we had read attentively
 It/this was the first time + Past Perfect -

Real Questions

1. He ------- home yesterday

a) has come b) came c) comes d) come

2. He ----- at eleven o’clock last night

a) has come b) came c) comes d) was coming

3. The old man ------ last Monday

a) HAS DIED b) dead c) died d) HAD DIED

4. This book -----first published in 1961

a) has been b) was c) is d) was being

5. She told his name after he -------

a) left b) has left c) had left d) has been leaving

6.
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 Future Indefinite Tense

Structure: Subject + will/ shall + Verb Base Form + Extension
fwel¨‡Z †Kv‡bv KvR n‡e Giƒc eySv‡Z - I shall go there
Tense Marker- Tomorrow, next, next+ time ( next day, next year, next month)

 Future Perfect Tense***

Structure : Subject + will have / shall have + Verb Past Participle + Extension
 By + Future Time - By 2024, the construction of the Padma bridge will have been completed

 Sequence of Tense

PC= Present Any Tense

Pc= Future Present tense
Pc= Past Any Past (past Perfect)
would, could, might + Verb1 (future time)
`yBUv Future Tense n‡e bv
`yBUv Perfect Tense n‡e bv

1. I know the man who --- here

a) comes
b) came
c) will come
d) all
2. He said that he ---- be unable to come.
a) will b) shall c) should d) would

3. I helped the boy when he ---

a) comes

b) came

c) will come

d) come

4. I will inform you the matter when he ---

a) comes

b) come
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c) will come

d) would come