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Tenses

Present Continuous Tense II (I am doing)

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Present continuous tense II

Rule I:

Some adverbs are used in progressive tense : now, still, at present, at the moment, currently.

Examples: wait for a while, I’m still taking lunch.

He is going to Mansarovar plaza now.

He is solving mathematics at present.

She is changing her dress at the moment.

Rule II(Present continuous tense II):

This tense is used to indicate the temporary nature of the action which is not being done at the time of speaking but it is going on nearby suitable time or these days.

I am living in Jaipur. I am living in a rented house. She is reading a novel.

She is studying chemistry these days.

Rule III: (Present Continuous Tense II )

This tense is used for the nearest future to indicate a fixed programme or plan.

Some adverbs of time denote future plan in progressive action:

Tonight, tomorrow, next day/morning/night/week/month/year, this morning/evening/night, at 5’o’clock, 6 a.m. etc.

He is coming tonight by air.

She is going to Mumbai this evening.

 I am leaving for Meerut next month.

My sister-in-law is coming next month.

Arijit Singh is coming to a concert tomorrow.

Rule IV: (Present Continuous Tense II )

It is used to denoted intention or likelihood (possibility).

It shows future probability.

I am going to die.       About to die (Likelihood)

I am going to drive Rahul home.  (likelihood)

She is going to see her parents.   (intention)

Rule V: (Present Continuous Tense II )

Some verbs/ actions/main verbs are not used in present continuous.

Appear, accept, admit, belong to, believe, see, hear, smell, notice, recognize, like, dislike, hope, owe, require,

regard, recollect, abhor, refuse, despise, displease, doubt, detest, look, love, hate, desire, wish, intend, suppose,

please, possess, imagine, consist of,  comprise, contain, want, seem, deny, prefer, satisfy, depend, deserve,

keep, own, know, trust, think, mean, remember, forget, resemble, need, dare, sound etc.

-ing  is not used with the above actions but it can be used if purpose, reason, expectation or other things are mentioned.

Examples:

I am feeling  (× )

I am feeling hungry.  (√)

I am thinking.  (× )

I am thinking of going to Paris.  (purpose to go)  (√)

She is knowing him.   ( ×)

She knows him.           (√ )

He is understanding it. (× )

I’m getting it.      (  √  )

He understands it.

Rose is smelling good.  (×)

Rose smells good.

Exercise 

Use progressive verbs and helping verbs according to subjects:

  1.  …….  he going home now? Yes, he is ……… home now.  (is/are/am/was/were/ go/going/doing, do)
  2. She is ……. a novel at the moment. (going/reading/read)
  3. My honour usually speaks Marathi but today he is …….. English.     (speak, speaks, spoken, speaking)
  4.  Are you …… of going to Haridwar? (think, thinks, thinking)
  5. My puppy barks at the stranger a lot but he …… at the moment. (don’t bark, doesn’t bark, barks, are barking, isn’t barking)
  6.  She …….. him.  (knows, know, is knowing)
  7. he …….. me.  (understands, understand, is understanding, are understanding)
  8.  I ……. to lose the match.  (am going, is going, go,)
  9.  What happened? He ….. in the chair and ………..(sits, sit, is sitting, are sitting, cries, crying, is crying)
  10. My brother …….. that you are a very good person. (feel, feels, is feeling)
  11. She is ………. prepare for a government job. (go, going to, goes to)
  12. The guests are ………. come.  (about, about to, about coming)
  13. Currently I …………… in a sports company.  (work, am working, works)
  14. Is he still ………. there?   (play, playing, plays)
  15. I ………. swimming.  (like, am liking, likes)

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous.htm

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Tenses

Present Continuous Tense I – (I am doing)

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Present Continuous Tense I

We use this tense for temporary activities. So we can say”An action going on” at the time of speaking.

Subject + is/are/am + action+ing + obj +etc.

He/she/it/name +is + doing.

You/we/ they/ plural noun + are + doing.

Affirmative sentences(Present Continuous Tense I)

I am doing (action+ing)

I am playing the violin. You are going to church. He is running fast.
I am getting it. You are getting nervous. She is getting worried.
I am studying now. You are still taking tea. He is speaking the truth.
I am reading a novel. My relatives are shifting to Dubai. It is raining here now.
I’m making a mistake. You’re making a fuss. He’s making a mess.
I’m thinking of going to London. We are solving the sums. Rahul is lying to me.

Negative Sentences:

Sub + is/are/am+ not+ action+ing + obj

Contradict forms: is+not= isn’t

Are + not = aren’t (British), ain’t (American), am + not = aren’t

They are not coming today. I am not playing with her. We are not playing now.

She is not getting me at all.  I am not making him understand the sums.

You are not learning your lesson.  She isn’t asking me anything regarding it.

I aren’t waiting for your response.  (revert, reply)

Interrogative sentences(Present Continuous Tense I):

Is/are/am + Sub + action + ing + obj?

Are you telling me a lie?                 Am I getting serious?

Are they going for a picnic?           Is he talking on the phone?

Are we not speaking the truth?    Is she cooking food now?

Are the girls making a fuss?       Are boys beating them?

Interrogative negative sentences:

  Is/are/am  + sub + not + action +ing + obj?

Or

 isn’t/aren’t + sub + action +ing + obj?

Are you selling not the clothes?   Aren’t you doing the shopping?

Is he not mopping the floor?         Isn’t he gossiping with you?

Is she not kneading the dough?  Isn’t she buying the clothes?

Are they not making you a fool?   Aren’t they solving the puzzles?

Exercise

Choose an appropriate option to fill the blanks with the present continuous tense i
  1. Where are they  ………. Next Monday?   (do/go/going)
  2. Is he … to the club tomorrow? No, he isn’t …….. The club next Wednesday. (go, goes, going)
  3. Are you …… to  Paris tomorrow?  Yes, I ….. going to Paris tomorrow (go, going, am, was)
  4. Where are you ……. later this evening? I …….  going to Paris later this evening. (doing, do, go, going, am, are, is, was)
  5. Where …… he going next week?  He ……. going to the beach the next week.       (is/are, am, was, were)
  6.   ……… they going to the Yoga center next Thursday? Yes, they …. Going to the Yoga center next Thursday.
  7. He …….. with my friend now.   (play)
  8. They ………. Still ……… breakfast.   (eat)
  9. Isn’t she ………. the guitar?   (learn)
  10. Aren’t they ……… together?   (fight)

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous.htm

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Types of Tenses

Tenses – Used to indicate time

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Tenses   

 A tense is a form of the verb which denotes the particular point of time. The form of verbs tell us the action or state and time.

Tense is distributed into three periods

1. Present     2. Past   3. Future  

      Subdivisions: there are four categories  of Tenses

Indefinite    Continuous      
Perfect perfect continuous

Tenses Chart

  Indefinite Continuous Pefect Perfect continuous
Present V1/verb +es/s Or do/does + v1 Is/are/am + verb + ing Has/have + v3 Has been/have been + verb + ing
Past V2 or did + v1 Was/were + v + ing Had + v3 Had been + verb + ing
Future Will/shall + v1 Will be/shall be + verb + ing Will have + v3 Will have been/shall have been + verb + ing

 

Indefinite:

  1. Present indefinite tense (Simple present tense)

I do.                  He does.  
Do you play hockey?  I don’t play but he plays.  

  • Past indefinite tense (Simple past tense)

I did. What did you find there?
Did you walk at night? I didn’t walk at night but He walked.
  • Future indefinite tense (I will do.)
I will help him.          he will not go.  
Will you learn English? We will follow the rules.  

Continuous Tenses(progressive actions)

I am speaking the truth. You are making a mistake.
She is buying some vegetables. Are they not helping others?
  • Past continuous tense ( I was doing)
He was going home.
Were they smoking in the street?
  • Future continuous tense (I will be doing)
She will be learning how to swim in summer vacations. He will be going to his hometown by train tomorrow.

 

Perfect (action done)

  • Present perfect tense  ( I have done)

he hasn’t got ready yet. They have taken breakfast.
She has gone. Rahul has not reached the railway station yet.
  • Past perfect tense  (I had done)
I had already taken dinner.
She hadn’t done her homework before.
  • Future perfect tense  (I will have done)
She will have done her graduation by next year.
I will have completed my class by 10 am.
Perfect continuous tense (progressive actions with time expressions)
  1. Present perfect continuous tense  ( I have been doing)
She has been reading a novel for an hour.

2. Past perfect continuous tense( I had been doing)

I had been walking in the park since 9 pm.
3. Future perfect continuous tense  ( I will have been doing)
He will have been running in a marathon since 6 am.

Exercise (Tenses):

Write the name of tenses

  1.  He has done it.
  2. She did.
  3. They had done it before.
  4.  You have been doing it for a long time.
  5. He will have done it by Monday.
  6. Katherine is still doing it.
  7. We were doing then.
  8. I am doing.
  9. I will be doing.
  10. Were you doing?
  11. Who did it?
  12. She does.
  13. He will do.
  14. Rock had been doing the exercise since morning.
  15. Not only that, but Jack will have been doing his work since night.
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kinds of sentences

Types of Sentences

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Types of Sentences

What is a sentence?

a group of words that has a proper sense is called a sentence.

How many types of sentences?

There are various types of sentences according to purpose:

1. Assertive/declarative sentence:

 It is used to indicate statements or make an opinion to give the information. At the end of the sentence, we use a full stop(.).

It has two types

Positive (affirmative) sentences:

I sometimes go to market.

He often goes to a fitness club.

 Negative sentences(Types of Sentences):

I don’t want to go abroad.

He didn’t deal with me.

He won’t ask again.

She can’t help you.

I am not greedy.

  • Interrogative sentence type I:

It is used to ask to know information with ‘yes or no’. This kind of sentence end with a question mark (?).

Do you know her name?

Is he a loco pilot?

Are you a teacher?

Does he play football?

Interrogative negative sentence type II

Doesn’t he talk to you?

Didn’t she tell you?

Won’t he go for a picnic?

Hasn’t he gone to school yet?

 

Questions words sentences(Types of Sentences)

To know more information or asking something more than ‘yes or no’.

What are you doing there?

Why has he gone?

When does he go to the office?

Why didn’t he tell you?

It is used to make a request, offer, command or advice.

  1. To Make a request:

Please come with me.

Please help me.

  • To give an order or command

Go to him.

Don’t talk nonsense.

Help you brother.

Bring these notebooks to the table.

To give suggestions

Let’s help him.

Never follow dacoits.

 To give warnings:

Never try to use my laptop.

Never see her again.

 

It is used to express strong emotions or feelings.

Oh! You have fallen.

Oh my God! He is following us.

Wow! It is a splendid showroom.

It is used to express a wish, prayer or a curse

May God bless you!

May you live long!

Wish you happy married life!

Best of luck!

Exercise I

Find the types of sentences:
  1. He is not sharing his feeling with her.
  2. She is taking dinner.
  3. Let’s enjoy the game.
  4. Let me play my favourite game.
  5. She doesn’t know how to cook.
  6. Doesn’t she come late?
  7. Do you know his address?
  8. Where does he go for a walk?
  9. Why don’t you know about him?
  10. Where did he go?
  11. I met him earlier.
  12. Please drop me there.
  13. Sit properly.
  14. Is he coming?
  15. Is your brother not playing?
  16. Wow! You made it.
  17. How beautiful she is?
  18. What an idea!
  19. Alas! You ruined the plan.
  20. May God help him in his loneliness!
 

Answers:

  1. Negative sentence
  2. Affirmative sentence
  3. Imperative sentence
  4. Imperative sentence
  5. Negative sentence
  6. Interrogative negative sentence (double interrogative)
  7. Interrogative sentence
  8. Wh-type sentence
  9. Wh-type sentence
  10.  Wh-type sentence
  11.  Affirmative sentence
  12.  Imperative sentence
  13.  Imperative sentence
  14.  interrogative sentence
  15.  Interrogative negative sentence
  16.  Exclamatory sentence
  17.  Exclamatory sentence
  18.  Exclamatory sentence
  19. Exclamatory sentence
  20.  Optative sentence

Exercise II

  1. What is a declarative sentence?
  2. What are imperative sentences?
  3. What is the difference between exclamatory and optative sentences?
  4. Write examples of exclamatory and Optative Sentences.

FAQ

What is a letter?

A letter is a symbol in the alphabet. All the letters form the alphabet.

What is the alphabet?

A set of letters in a sequenced order is used when something is being written in the language.

What is a Sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, which expresses a statement, a question &, etc. In the English Language, a Sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

What is a word?

A word is a group of letters that makes particular sense.

What is an Exclamatory Sentence?

An Exclamatory Sentence is used to express strong emotions or feelings.

 

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