In this blog, the students will find all the topics on English Grammar: subject and predicate, parts of speech like nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, and other topics like Clauses: subordinate and principal; dependent and independent clauses; noun clauses, adjective clauses, adverbial clauses; types of phrases, change of voice: Active and Passive Voice; determiners, direct and indirect speech, types of sentences: Simple, complex and compound
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Present Perfect Tense-Its Usage
Present Perfect Tense
Hindi sentences of this
tense a has the following ending words:
Chuka hai, chuke
hai, chuki hai, ya hai, ye hain, yee hai
All recently
done activities are shown in this Tense
No specific
time of occurrence is shown
Key words: recently, lately, now, just now, so far, ever, yet, this year, never,
already
Use: has/have+ 3rd
form of verb
Has+3rd form of the verb with: he, she, it, and singular third-person nouns.
Have +3rd form of the verb with I, we, you, they, and third-person plural nouns.
Examples:
(i)
I have done
my homework just now.
(ii)
They have seen
this film recently.
(iii)
You have not done
your work yet.
(iv)
My sister has done
M.A. this year.
(v)
Have you
ever seen
the Taj Mahal?
Simple Past Tense-Past Simple Tense-Past Indefinite Tense
2. Simple Past Tense:
Hindi sentences of this
tense
has the following ending
words:
ya, ye, yee
Used in:
The activities finished in
past showing the specified time of the occurrence.
Keywords: yesterday, last, in 1980,
10 years ago
Positive Sentences: Use the 2nd form of the word.
With all types of
subjects, we use 2nd form of the verb.
Examples:
Positive Sentences:
(i)
He stole
my book yesterday.
(ii)
Last year, we went to Shimla during our winter holidays.
(iii)
In 1987,
I got a Govt. job.
(iv)
I saw the Taj
Mahal 10 years ago.
Keywords: yesterday, last, in 1987, ago
Negative and Interrogative sentences are made with did + Ist form of the verb
Subject+ did not+ 1st form of verb
They +did not + go + (any phrase)
to school yesterday.
(i)
He did not steal my book yesterday.
(ii)
We did not go to Shimla during the summer vacation last year.
(iii)
I did not get a Govt job in 1987.
(iv)
I did not see the Taj Mahal 10 years ago.
Interrogative Sentences:
(i)
Did he steal your book?
(ii)
Did we go to
Shimla during the summer holidays last year?
(iii)
Why did you tell
a lie yesterday in front of the teacher?
(iv)
Who stole your
watch yesterday?
Exercises: Simple
Past Tense
(i)
She always criticised her husband when She sat in
front of her.
(ii)
Atul’s father never told a lie.
(iii)
We wanted to study when you disturbed us.
(iv)
Where did you go
on Sunday last?
Practice of Simple
Past Tense:
Topics: 1. A Horrible
Dream 2. How you once bunked from School 3. How You Passed Your Last Sunday 4.
How You Celebrated Your Last Birthday 5. Any Visit 6. What Arrangement You did for the Marriage
of your Sister 7. When I was cheated by some roadside Sadhu 8. When My pocket
was picked.... 9. The day when everything went wrong. .... 10. The day when I
woke late and got late for school. 11. When I was wrongly punished by my
teacher...12. When I was caught in heavy rains and thundershower...13. When I
saved a boy from being drowned...14. When I prepared a dish in which I put a lot of salt and red chili 15. The Happiest Day of My Life