EXERCISE No 1
Write following sentence in all types of Present Tense with Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative ( Simple, Negative and 'Wh') forms.
She paints a beautiful picture.
Present Indefinite Tense
She paints a beautiful picture.
She does not paint a beautiful picture.
Does she paint a beautiful picture?
Does she not paint a beautiful picture?
Who paints a beautiful picture?
Present Continuous Tense
She is painting a beautiful picture.
She is not painting a beautiful picture.
Is she painting a beautiful picture?
Is she not painting a beautiful picture?
Who is painting a beautiful picture?
Present Perfect Tense
She has painted a beautiful picture.
She has not painted a beautiful picture.
Has she painted a beautiful picture?
Has she not painted a beautiful picture?
Who has painted a beautiful picture?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
She has been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She has not painted a beautiful picture.
Has she painted a beautiful picture?
She has been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She has not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
Has she been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Has she not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Who has been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
EXERCISE NO. 2
She paints a beautiful picture.
Past Indefinite Tense
She painted a beautiful picture.
She did not paint a beautiful picture.
Did she paint a beautiful picture?
Did she not paint a beautiful picture?
Who painted a beautiful picture?
Past Continuous Tense
She was painting a beautiful picture.
She was not painting a beautiful picture.
Was she painting a beautiful picture?
Was she not painting a beautiful picture?
Who was painting a beautiful picture?
She was not painting a beautiful picture.
Was she painting a beautiful picture?
Was she not painting a beautiful picture?
Who was painting a beautiful picture?
Past Perfect Tense
She had painted a beautiful picture.
She had not painted a beautiful picture.
Had she painted a beautiful picture ?
Had she painted a beautiful picture ?
Had she not painted a beautiful picture ?
Who had painted a beautiful picture ?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
She had been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She had not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
Had she been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Had she not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours ?
Who had been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Had she not painted a beautiful picture ?
Who had painted a beautiful picture ?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
She had been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She had not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
Had she been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Had she not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours ?
Who had been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
EXERCISE NO. 3.
She paints a beautiful picture.
Future Indefinite Tense
She will paint a beautiful picture.
She will not paint a beautiful picture.
Will she paint a beautiful picture?
Will she not paint a beautiful picture?
Who will paint a beautiful picture?
Future Continuous Tense
She will be painting a beautiful picture.
She will not be painting a beautiful picture.
Will she be painting a beautiful picture?
Will she not be painting a beautiful picture?
Who will be painting a beautiful picture?
She will not be painting a beautiful picture.
Will she be painting a beautiful picture?
Will she not be painting a beautiful picture?
Who will be painting a beautiful picture?
Future Perfect Tense
She will have painted a beautiful picture.
She will have not painted a beautiful picture.
Will she have painted a beautiful picture ?
Will she have painted a beautiful picture ?
Will she have not painted a beautiful picture ?
Who will have painted a beautiful picture ?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
She will have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She will have not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
Will she have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Will she have not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours ?
Who will have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Will she have not painted a beautiful picture ?
Who will have painted a beautiful picture ?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
She will have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
She will have not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours.
Will she have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Will she have not been painting a beautiful picture for two hours ?
Who will have been painting a beautiful picture for two hours?
Exercise No. 4.
Change the following sentences into Present Indefinite Tense.
1. They did not fulfill their promises.
2. The farmers were sleeping under the tree.
3. She finished her work in time.
4. The teacher will teach us a lesson.
5. Who has solved this sum?
Change the following sentences into Present Indefinite Tense.
1. They did not fulfill their promises.
2. The farmers were sleeping under the tree.
3. She finished her work in time.
4. The teacher will teach us a lesson.
5. Who has solved this sum?
Exercise No. 5.
Change the following sentences into Present Perfect Tense.
1. Whose book did you borrow?
2. Was the child crying?
3. She had finished her work.
4. He had been waiting for me.
5. She will not sing a song.
Exercise No. 6.
Change the following sentences into Past Continuous Tense.
1. Her mother told her a story.
2. He goes to his office in the morning.
3. It is raining heavily.
4. She had sung a beautiful song.
5. His father will run a factory.
Exercise No. 7.
Change the following sentences into Future Continuous Tense.
1. Have you solved the sum?
2. The students did not do their homework.
3. He had not appeared in the examination.
4. Where did his brother go?
5. He has not finished his work.
Exercise No. 8.
Change the following sentences into Future Perfect Tense.
2. Which book is she reading?
3. The shopkeeper did not sell all the books.
4. The children are making a noise.
5. The players have played a match.
Exercise No. 9
Change the following sentences into Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1.Who has drawn this beautiful picture?
3. The teacher is teaching the students.
4. His mother is waiting for him.
5. His father was not working in this office.
Exercise No. 10.
Change the following sentences as directed.
1. His brother had already reached home.
( Future Perfect Tense)
2. She finished her work.
( Present Perfect Tense)
3. The servant is cooking food for the guests.
( Past Perfect Continuous Tense)
4. They have gone to see the college.
(Future Continuous Tense)
5. Their parents will be returning soon.
( Present Continuous Tense)
Exercise No. 11
Identify Tense of the following sentences.
1. Where had you been for such a long time?
2. He will have been running this for the last one year.
3. He has not made up his mind to take the examination yet.
4.What were the members quarrelling over?
5. Finally the house will accept his proposal.
Exercise No.12
Change the following sentence into Past Tense.
Exercise No.12
Change the following sentence into Past Tense.
I see an old woman in torn and shabby clothes standing on the side of a road. She is shivering with cold. She wants to cross the road. But she is not able to cross the road. Nobody takes notice of her standing there. She looks around for some help. But nobody comes to help her. She observes that a school is situated nearby in the vicinity. All of sudden she hears that the bell of the school is ringing. Students start coming out of the school. One small boy comes to her and asks what she wants. She tells him that she wants to cross the road. The boy catches hold of her hand and takes her across the road. He shows her the way ahead. The old woman gives that boy a thousand blessings. He happily moves towards his home.
Exercise No. 13
Change the following sentences into Past Indefinite Tense.
I shall get up early in the morning. I shall go to my friend's house. I shall take him along with me. We both will start for a morning walk. We shall go to the river bank for a walk. A cool breeze will blow. Birds will chirp in trees. On our way we will come across a number of persons going for a walk. Some people will enjoy gossiping while sitting on grass. We shall take some exercise there. After an hour or so we shall start for our home. We shall have a very good time there. This will keep us very active throughout the day.
Exercise No 14
Change the following sentences into Past Perfect Tense.
Researchers and Philosophers try to capture and define 'Happiness'. They quantify it and compile a list of the happiest countries in the world. They use a tedious process and take various factors into account to prepare it. Contrary to the common belief they do not include the mighty and rich countries in this list. Surprisingly countries like Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Iceland and New Zealand being the happiest countries mark the list as toppers. This year they find Finland as the topper of the list. These seemingly small countries beat the capitalist giants like US and UK in the World Happiness Index. Harsh climate in these countries does not dampen their spirit. Thus having high income, access to luxuries, fasting for gods and reading religious scriptures does not make a man happy. Perhaps due to this reason, India has figured at 133rd among 156 countries on the list.
Exercise No 15
Change the following sentences into Past Tense.
Change the following sentences into Past Tense.
She is all alone in the house. She is sitting in a chair near window of her room. She is looking outside and is knitting her socks. With a small incident in the street she gets transported to
her past. She sees that she has hosted a huge party to her friends. She is enjoying herself with her friends. She makes minute observations about habits and activities of all bachelor friends present in the party. She analyses her first friend noticing that he is a very tall and handsome fellow. He takes keen interest in games. He takes exercise regularly. Her second friend teaches in a university. He possesses a great knowledge about science and technology. Her third friend is running a factory in the city. He earns a lot of money every year. He always takes initiatives to earn more and more money. Her fourth friend works for upliftment of fellow beings. He always feels concerned about woes of people living around him. He has kind heart. He is running successfully a group which does good to the needy people. All of a sudden there is a loud noice. This breaks her link with her past. She returns to her present. She finds herself busy in her knitting. But still she tries to compare nature and attributes of her all friends. She finds herself unable to consider who tops all of them in his qualities.
Exercise No. 4.
Change the following sentences into Present Indefinite Tense.
1. They do not fulfill their promises.
2. The farmers sleep under the tree.
3. She finishes her work in time.
4. The teacher teaches us a lesson.
5. Who solves this sum?
Change the following sentences into Present Indefinite Tense.
1. They do not fulfill their promises.
2. The farmers sleep under the tree.
3. She finishes her work in time.
4. The teacher teaches us a lesson.
5. Who solves this sum?
Exercise No. 5.
Change the following sentences into Present Perfect Tense.
1. Whose book have you borrowed?
2. Has the child cried?
3. She has finished her work.
4. He has waited for me.
5. She has not sung a song.
Exercise No. 6.
Change the following sentences into Past Continuous Tense.
1. Her mother was telling her a story.
2. He was going to his office in the morning.
3. It was raining heavily.
4. She was singing a beautiful song.
5. His father was running a factory.
Exercise No. 7.
Change the following sentences into Future Continuous Tense.
1. Will you be solving the sum?
2. The students will not be doing their homework.
3. He will not be appearing in the examination.
4. Where will his brother be going?
5. He will not be finishing his work.
Exercise No. 8.
Change the following sentences into Future Perfect Tense.
2. Which book will she have read?
3. The shopkeeper will not have sold all the books.
4. The children will have made a noise.
5. The players will have played a match.
Exercise No. 9
Change the following sentence into Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1.Who had been drawing this beautiful picture since morning,?
3. The teacher had been teaching the stllludents for two hours.
4. His mother had been waiting for him for two hours.
5. His father had not been working in this office for one year.
Exercise No.10
Change the following sentences as directed.
1.His brother will have already reached
home.
home.
(Future Perfect Tense)
2. She has finished her work.
(Present Perfect Tense)
3. The servant had been cooking food for the guests for two hours.
(Past Perfect Continuous Tense)
4. They will be going to see his college.
(Future Continuous Tense)
5.Their parents are
returning soon.
returning soon.
(Present Continues Tense)
Exercise No. 11
Identify Tense of the following sentences.
1. Where had you been for such a long time?
(Past Perfect Tense)
Identify Tense of the following sentences.
1. Where had you been for such a long time?
(Past Perfect Tense)
2. He will have been running this for the last one year.
(Future Perfect Continuous Tense)
(Future Perfect Continuous Tense)
3. He has not made up his mind to take the examination yet.
(Present Perfect Tense)
(Present Perfect Tense)
4.What were the members quarrelling over?
(Past Continuous Tense)
(Past Continuous Tense)
5. Finally the house will accept his proposal.
(Future Indefinite Tense)
Exercise No.12
Change the following sentences into Past Tense.
I saw an old woman in torn and shabby clothes standing on the side of a road. She was shiveri tong with cold. She wanted to cross the road. But she was not able to cross the road. Nobody took notice of her standing there. She looked around for some help. But nobody came to help her. She observed that a school was situated nearby in the vicinity. All of sudden she heard that the bell of the school was ringing. Students started coming out of the school. One small boy came to her and asked what she wanted. She told him that she wanted to cross the road. The boy caught hold of her hand and took her across the road. He showed her the way ahead. The old woman gave that boy a thousand blessings. He happily moved towards his home.
Exercise No. 13.
Change the following Sentences into Past Indefinite Tense.
I got up early in the morning. I went to my friend's house. I took him along with me. We both started for a morning walk. We went to the river bank for a walk. A cool breeze blew. Birds chirped in trees. On our way we came across a number of persons going for a walk. Some people enjoyed gossiping while sitting on grass. We took some exercise there. After an hour or so we started for our home. We had a very good time there. This kept us very active throughout the day.
Exercise No 14
Exercise Change the following Sentences into Present Perfect Tense.
Researchers and Philosophers have tried to capture and define 'Happiness'. They have quantified it and have compiled a list of the happiest countries in the world. They have used a tedious process and have taken various factors into account to prepare it. Contrary to the common belief they have not included the mighty and rich countries in this list. Surprisingly countries like Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Iceland and New Zealand being the happiest countries have marked the list as toppers. This year they have found Finland as the topper of the list. These seemingly small countries have beaten the capitalist giants like US and UK in the World Happiness Index. Harsh climate in these countries has not dampened their spirit. Thus having high income, access to luxuries, fasting for gods and reading religious scriptures has not made a man happy. Perhaps due to this reason, India has figured at 133rd among 156 countries on the list.
Exercise No 15
Change the following sentences into Past Tense.
Change the following sentences into Past Tense.
She was all alone in the house. She was sitting in a chair near window of her room. She was looking outside and was knitting her socks.
With a small incident in thestreet she got transported to
her past. She saw that she had hosted a huge party to her friends. She was enjoying herself with her friends. She made minute observations about habits and activities of all bachelor friends present in the party. She analysed her first friend noticing that he was a very tall and handsome fellow. He took keen interest in games. He took exercise regularly. Her second friend taught in a university. He possessed a great knowledge about science and technology. Her third friend was running a factory in the city. He earned a lot of money every year. He always took initiatives to earn more and more money. Her fourth friend worked for upliftment of fellow beings. He always felt concerned about woes of people living around him. He had a kind heart. He was running successfully a group which did good to the needy people. All of a sudden there was a loud noice. This broke her link with her past. She returned to her present. She found herself busy in her knitting. But still she tried to compare nature and attributes of her all friends. She found herself unable to consider who topped all of them in his qualities.TENSES -- TYPES OF TENSES (Brief Summary)
1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense
1. Indefinite Tense
2. Continuous Tense
3. Perfect Tense
4.Perfect Continuous Tense
PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person,2nd person singular & plural, & 3rd person plural First form of verb is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular, First form of Verb + ‘s’ or ‘es’ is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person,2nd person singular & plural, & 3rd person plural ‘do not’ + First form of verb is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular, ‘does not’ + First form of Verb
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Do or Does is used before subject & First form of verb is used. Interrogative sign is used at the end of the sentence.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person,2nd person singular & plural, & 3rd person plural ‘Have’ + third form of verb is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular, ‘Has’ + third form of Verb is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person,2nd person singular & plural, & 3rd person plural ‘Have not’ + Third form of verb is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular, ‘Has not’ + Third form of Verb
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Has or Have is used before subject & Third form of verb is used. Interrogative sign is used at the end of the sentence.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person singular ‘Am’ + First form of verb + ing is used.
- In case of 1st person plural, 2nd person singular and plural & 3rd person plural ‘Are’ + First form of verb+ ing is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular ‘is’ + First form of Verb +ing is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- ‘Is, Am or Are’ + Not + First form of verb + ing is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- ‘Is, Am or Are’ is used before subject.
- First form of verb + ing is used. Sign of interrogation is used.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person, 2nd person singular & plural & 3rd person plural ‘Have been’ + First form of verb + ing is used.
- In case of 3rd person singular ‘Has been’ + First form of verb+ ing is used.
- To express time ‘for and since’ are used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- ‘Has or Have + Not + been’ + First form of verb + ing is used.
- To express time ‘for and since’ are used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- ‘Has or Have’ is used before subject. First form of verb + ing is used. Sign of interrogation is used.
- To express time ‘for and since’ are used.
PAST TENSE
PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Second form of verb is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Did +not + First form of verb is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Did is used before Subject + First form of verb is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st & 3rd person singular was + first form of verb +ing is used.
- In case of 1st person plural,2nd person + 3rd person plural, were +first form of verb + ing is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Was or Were + not + First form of verb + ing is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Was or Were is used before Subject +First form of verb + ing is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Had + Third form of verb is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had + not + Third form of verb is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had is used before Subject +Third form of verb is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Had Been + first form of verb +ing is used.
- To express time ‘for or since’ is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had + not +Been + First form of verb + ing is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had is used before Subject +Been+ First form of verb + ing is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
FUTURE TENSE
- Future Indefinite Tense
- Future Continuous Tense
- Future Perfect Tense
- Future Perfect Continuous Tense
FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person singular Shall + First form of verb is used.
- In case of 1st person plural,second person & third person Will + First form of verb is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will +not + First form of verb is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will is used before Subject +First form of verb is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person singular Shall + Have +third form of verb is used.
- In case of 1st person plural,second person & third person Will +Have + third form of verb is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will +Have+not + third form of verb is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will is used before Subject +Have+third form of verb is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- In case of 1st person singular Shall + Have been + First form of verb +ing is used.
- In case of 1st person plural, second person & third person Will +Have been + first form of verb + ing is used.
- To express time ‘For or Since is used.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will +Have been +not + first form of verb +ing is used.
- Since or For is used.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Shall or Will is used before Subject +Have + third form of verb is used.
- Sign of interrogation is used.
EXAMPLES:
PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys play a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys do not play a football match..
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Do boys play a football match?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys are playing a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys are not playing a football match..
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Are boys playing a football match?
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys have played a football match..
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys have not played a football match..
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Have boys played a football match?
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys have been playing a football match for two hours
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys have not been playing a match for two hours..
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Have boys been playing a football match for two hours?
PAST TENSE
PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys played a football football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys did not play a football match.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Did boys play a football match?
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys were playing a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys were not playing a football match.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Were boys playing a football match?
PAST PERFECT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys had played a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys had not played a football match.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had boys played a football match?
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys had been playing a football match since morning
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys had not been playing a football match since morning..
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Had boys been playing a football match since morning?
FUTURE TENSE
FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys will play a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys will not play a football match.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
- Will boys play a football match?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys will be playing a football match.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
- Boys will not be playing a football match..
