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    The document discusses sequence of tenses rules, which specify that the tense of a subordinate clause must be consistent with the tense of the main clause. Specifically, it notes that if the main clause is in the past tense, the subordinate clause must also be in the past tense. It provides examples showing that when the main clause is in the past tense, the subordinate clause should use simple past, past continuous, or past perfect tense depending on the situation. The document also discusses using past tense in subordinate clauses introduced by phrases like "as if", "it is time", and "what if".

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    SEQUENCE OF TENSE

     , the term ‘sequence of tenses’ refers to “the rules


    according to which the tense of a subordinate
    clause depends on the tense of a main clause, so
    that,

     for example, ‘I think that you are wrong’


    becomes ‘I thought that you were wrong’ in the
    past tense.”
     It means arrangement , construction of verbs
    in correct forms .
     It means both the tenses must be in same time.
     In other words it is the structure of verbs
    should correct in time .
     Rule 1: Past Follows Past

     ex
     I thought you were at home.
     I was reading when he came.
    SEQUENCE
    PAST FOLLOWS PAST

    Simple past ……. Simple past.


    Past continuous tense,,,,,, simple past
    Past perfect tense,,,,,,,simple past
    Simple past past perfect
    Simple past past continuous tense
     They were telling us that they loved our
    performance.
     My parents had left home before I arrived.
     When I reached the station, the train had already
    left.
     My brother was angry because he had been
    waiting for us for over an hour.
    USE OF PAST TENSE IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

     When phrases like ‘as if’, ‘it is time / it is high


    time’, ‘what if’, ‘wish that’, etc. are used, make
    sure you use the past tense form of the verb.
     I wish I knew you earlier.
     She acted as if none of this affected her.
     It is high time you consulted a doctor.
     What if you had been given another chance?
     It is time he realised what his habit of
    smoking was doing to him.
     I went to the restaurant as I am hungry.
     I went to the restaurant as I will be hungry.
     I went to the restaurant as I was hungry.
     2 He is arrested as he will be robbing the bank.
     He is arrested as he is robbing a bank.
     He was arrested as he had robbed a bank.

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