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    Verbal Ability – Simple Tenses Of Verbs – Notes For W.B.C.S Examination.

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    The job of a verb is to mention the action of a sentence. However, an action could have happened in the past, can happen in the present, or can happen in the future too. Depending on the time in which the action takes place, the verb is expressed in tenses.Continue Reading Verbal Ability – Simple Tenses Of Verbs – Notes For W.B.C.S Examination.

    Actions are of two types – one, where occurrences take place, for example — I sleep, I talk, he rides, she falls, etc. The other type of actions is the state of being or status, for example – I am, He is, etc. Depending on these two different types of verbs, their tense forms will vary.

    Any action has the possibility to occur in three time-zones only. It has either occurred in the Past, occurs in the Present, or may occur in the Future. Based on this, there are three tenses −

    • Simple Present Tense
    • Simple Past Tense
    • Simple Future Tense

    Important

    Some people argue that there is no Future Tense in English as words like “will, shall” can be used for many present-time actions.

    For Example

    • He won’t help me ever.
    • Will you just keep quiet and listen to me?

    Also, many sentences can also be written talking of future actions without using “will, shall”.

    For Example

    • The train departs in ten minutes.
    • It is going to rain.
    • I am visiting my parents this weekend.

    Simple Present Tense

    Simple present tense is a form that is used by a verb when it describes an action that happens regularly in the present time.

    • He goes to meet his parents every month.
    • It rains heavily this time of the year.
    • He goes to school every day.

    Important

    When the action happens regularly in the present, we use the base form of the verb with “I, You, We” and related plural nouns. For “he, she, it” cases and related singular nouns, we use “s” with the base form of verbs.

    For Example

    • I do.
    • We have.
    • You talk.
    • Players practice.
    • Birds chirp.
    • He talks.
    • Rita sings.

    If the verb talks about the nature, state of being, or status of some person, we will use the “be” form.

    In this case −

    • “am” is used with “I”
    • “are” is used with “we, you, they”
    • “is” is used with “he, she, it” and related nouns.

    For Example

    • I am happy.
    • We are tired.
    • You are impertinent.
    • They are late.
    • He is silent.
    • Roy is boring.
    • She is a model.

    Simple Past Tense

    Simple Past Tense is used to talk of actions that started and ended in the past.

    For Example

    • I went to this school as a kid.
    • He told me that he was ill.
    • He asked me out tonight.

    Important

    In most of the cases, the past tense of a verb can be formed by using “ed” with the main verb, for example, “talk- talked”. But there are many exceptions like “go- went”.

    For Example

    • I did.
    • We had.
    • You talked.
    • The players practiced.
    • The birds chirped.

    If the verb talks about the nature, state of being, or status of some person, we will use the “be” form, but in their past form.

    In this case −

    • “was” is used with “I, he, she, it”
    • “were” is used with “we, you, they”.

    For Example

    • I was happy.
    • You were impertinent.
    • They were late.
    • He was silent.

    Exceptions to the “ed” form of the past form

    Many verbs don’t use “ed” to change their tense to past. Some use only “d” in their past form and some use completely different words for their past form, while some don’t change at all.

    Some of the common words are here −

    Base Verb Simple Past Participle
    Write Wrote Written
    Win Won Won
    Wear Wore Worn
    Understand Understood Understood
    Think Thought Thought
    Tell Told Told
    Teach Taught Taught
    Take Took Taken
    Stand Stood Stood
    Spend Spent Spent
    Speak Spoke Spoken
    Sit Sat Sat
    Set Set Set
    Send Sent Sent
    Sell Sold Sold
    See Saw Seen
    Say Said Said
    Run Ran Run
    Put Put Put
    Pay Paid Paid
    Meet Met Met
    Mean Meant Meant
    Make Made Made
    Lose Lost Lost
    Lie Lay Lain
    Let Let Let
    Leave Left Left
    Lead Led Led
    Know Knew Known
    Keep Kept Kept
    Hold Held Held
    Hear Heard Heard
    Have Had Had
    Go Went Gone
    Give Gave Given
    Get Got Got
    Find Found Found
    Feel Felt Felt
    Eat Ate Eaten
    Drive Drove Driven
    Draw Drew Drawn
    Do Did Done
    Cut Cut Cut
    Cost Cost Cost
    Come Came Come
    Choose Chose Chosen
    Buy Bought Bought
    Build Built Built
    Bring Brought Brought
    Break Broke Broken
    Begin Began Begun
    Be Was/Were Been

    Simple Future Tense

    When talking of actions that may happen in the future, we use “will, shall”. However, there are many ways in which we can talk of actions that can happen in future without using “will, shall”. The reader is supposed to understand the meaning of such sentences.

    For Example

    • I will do.
    • We will have.
    • You will talk.
    • The players will practice.
    • The birds will chirp.

    Important

    If the verb talks about the nature, state of being, or status of some person, we use “will” with “be” form −

    For Example

    • I will be happy.
    • You will be far.
    • They will be late.
    • He will be silent.

    If a sentence has two actions that may happen in the future, we use “will, shall” with only one of them, as that will make the reader understand that the sentence is being spoken for a future action.

    For Example

    • If I go to the market, I will bring you a toffee.
    • He will win if he continues to practice this hard.

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