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Tenses : 

Present, Past, Future

A. Sub Parts of  Present Tense : 

    i. Present Indefinite / Simple Present :
 Subject + V1 + object
Example : I eat rice , She drinks water
   ii. Present Continuous :
Subject +  is/am/are + V1+ing + object
Example : I am eating rice , She is drinking water
  iii. Present Perfect :
Subject + has/ have + V3 + object
Example : I have eaten rice , She has drunk water
  iv. Present Perfect Continuous :
Subject + has/ have + been + V1+ing +object + for/ since + time
Example : I have been eating rice for 1 hour , She has been reading book since morning.

B. Sub Parts of  Past Tense : 

    i. Past Indefinite / Simple Past :
 Subject + V2 + object
Example : I saw a bird , He took the book
   ii. Past Continuous :
 Subject +  was/ were + V1+ing + object
Example : I was eating rice , She was drinking water
  iii. Past Perfect :
 Subject + had + V3 + object + after/ before + Past Indefinite
Example : I had eaten rice before she came , She had drunk water before I came.
  iv. Past Perfect Continuous :
 Subject + had + been + V1+ing +object
Example : I had been eating rice , She had been drinking water

C. Sub Parts of  Future Tense : 

    i. Future Indefinite / Simple Future :
 Subject + shall/ will + V1 + object
Example : I shall eat rice , She will drink water
   ii. Future Continuous :
 Subject + shall / will + be + V1+ing + object
Example : I shall be eating rice , She will be drinking water
  iii. Future Perfect :
 Subject + shall/ will + have + V3 + object
Example : I shall have eaten rice , She will have written a letter
  iv. Future Perfect Continuous :
 Subject + shall / will + have + been + V1+ing +object
Example : I shall have been eating rice , She will have been drinking water





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