The General Formula for Past Continous Tense is:Ħ. Past Continuous Tense: This tense refers to actions that were happening in the past, such as “She was playing cricket when I called her”. Subject + Helping Verb(am/is/are) + Main verb + ing + the rest of the sentenceĥ. The General Formula for Present Continuous Tense is: Present Continuous Tense: The present Continuous tense describes situations that are happening in the present such as,” They are playing cricket to practice for the tournament”. The General Formula for Future Simple Tense is:Ĥ. Future Simple Tense: This tense generally indicates that an action that will occur in the future “I will go to school next morning”. The General formula for Past Simple Tense is:ģ. Past Simple Tense: The past tense describes the actions that were completed in the past, “They played cricket yesterday”. Subject + Verb in the base form/third person plural form + the rest of the sentenceĢ. Present Simple Tense: These tenses express habitual action or the general truth of a person, such as “She wakes up early every morning”.The General Formula for Present Simple Tense is: Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Objectīy April, I will have been writing you letters for 10 years.ġ. Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object I will be mopping the floor tomorrow early in the morning. Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object Simran had been sleeping for 8 hours before her mother walked in. Subject + Had + Been + Verb + ing + the rest of the sentence Subject + Helping Verb (had) + Past participle of the main verb + the rest of the sentence along with the time frame.

Subject + Helping Verb(was/were) + Main verb + ing + the rest of the sentence Simran slept for the rest of the day yesterday. Subject + Verb + ed/verb in the past tense + the rest of the sentence I have been eating this dish since I was a child. Subject + Have/Has + Been + Verb+ ing + the rest of the sentence Subject+ Helping Verb (have/has) + Past participle of main verb + rest of the sentence along with time frame Subject+ Helping Verb (am/is/are)+ Main verb+ ing + rest of the sentence

Romila plays football and badminton in the evening. Subject+ Verb in the base form/third person plural + rest of sentence

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