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Communication Skills-II Gowher Ahmad Naik, Lovely Professional University

notes unit 9: tenses

contents

Objectives
Introduction
9.1 Present Tense
9.1.1 Simple Present Tense
9.1.2 Present Continuous Tense
9.1.3 Present Perfect Tense
9.1.4 Present Perfect Continuous Tense
9.2 Past Tense

9.2.1 Simple Past Tense
9.2.2 Past Continuous Tense
9.2.3 Past Perfect Tense
9.2.4 Past Perfect Continuous Tense
9.3 Future Tense
9.3.1 Simple Future Tense
9.3.2 Future Continuous Tense

9.3.3 Future Perfect Tense
9.3.4 Future Perfect Continuous Tense
9.4 Modal Auxiliary Verbs
9.4.1 Could
9.4.2 Would
9.5 Summary
9.6 Keywords
9.7 Review Questions

9.8 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

l Know the rules related to sentences to be written in present tense and its various forms
l Realise the rules related to sentences to be written in past tense and its various forms
l Describe the rules related to sentences to be written in future tense and its various forms

introduction

Things can happen now, in the future or in the past. The tenses show the time of a verb’s action or
being. The verb ending is changed (conjugated) to show roughly what time it is referring to.

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