tense class

1. Cambrian College
First Digital Campus in Bangladesh

2. Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker
Associate Professor
Department of English
Cambrian College Dhaka.

4. Tense denotes the time of
the action indicated by a
verb. The time is not always
the same as that indicated
by the name of the tense.

5. Objectives
By the end of the lesson you will be able :
• to identify different tenses.
• to know the kinds of tenses
• to know structures of sentences in different tenses.

6.  Tense k‡ãi evsjv A_© ÔKvjÕ| wµqv m¤úbœ nIqvi
mgq‡K Tense e‡j| evK¨ MVb, cwieZ©b ev ms‡hvRb
me‡ÿ‡ÎB Tense Gi cÖ‡qvRb Av‡Q|
 1. He does the sum.
 2. He did the sum.
 3. He will do the sun.
 GLv‡b D‡jøwLZ evK¨¸‡jvi g‡a¨ cÖ_g evK¨wUi wµqv
'doesÕ w`‡q eZ©gvb mgq, wØZxq evK¨wUi wµqv
Ôdid’ w`‡q AZxZ mgq I Z…Zxq ev‡K¨ will/do w`‡q
fwel¨r mgq‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q| Zvn‡j †evSv hv‡”Q
Tense g~jZ wZb cÖKvi| h_v:

7. Tense
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

8. Present Past Future
Present
Indefinite
Present
Continuous
Present
Perfect
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past
Indefinite
Past
Continuous
Past
Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Future
Indefinite
Future
Continuous
Future
Perfect
Future Perfect
Continuous
Tense

9.  Present tense may express action which is
going on at the present time or which occurs
always, repeatedly, or habitually.
 Examples: He sees the train. He eats cereal for
breakfast every day.

10.  Past tense expresses action completed at a
definite time in the past.
 Examples: He wrote the letter yesterday. She
lived to be 90 years old.

11.  Future tense expresses action which will take
place in the future.
 It uses the helping verbs will or shall* and the
present tense form of the verb).
 Examples: He will send the letter tomorrow. I
shall wait here until you return.
 * Traditionally, shall is used for 1st
person and
will for 2nd
and 3rd
persons.

12. Answer the following question.
(a) Can you differentiate present simple and simple
past tense?
True or false. If false, give the correct answer.
(a) Tenses play insignificant role in English language.
True/false.

13. Identify the tenses of the following sentences.

14. The above
sentence is in
simple past
tense.

15. Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs of correct tenses
discussing in groups from the hands out.

16. Write a
paragraph in
about 100 —
120 words
about
Environment
Pollution
using the
correct
tenses.

17. All the best.
thAnk you.

18. Thank you.