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Saturday, November 29, 2014

English grammar tenses table


English grammar tenses table

TABLE OF TENSES Structure Pattern Simple sentence Negation sentence Interrogative sentence
Simple present tense Subject+First form of verb+object I write a letter in Urdu. I do not write a letter in Urdu. Do i write a letter in Urdu?
Present continuous tense Subject+is/am/are +First form of verb with ing +object I am writing a letter in Urdu. I am not writing a letter in Urdu. Am i writing a letter in Urdu?
Past simple tense Subject+2nd form of verb+object I ate Mango. I did not eat Mango. Did I eat Mango?
Past continuous tense Subject+was/were +First form of verb with ing + object I was writing a letter in Urdu. I was not writing a letter in Urdu. Was i writing a letter in Urdu?
Present perfect simple Subject+have/has+3rd form of verb+object I have written a letter in Urdu. I have not written a letter in Urdu. Have I written a letter in Urdu?
Present perfect continuous I have been eating food. I have not been eating food. Have I been eating food?
Past perfect I had eaten food. I had not eaten food. Had I eaten food?
Past perfect continous I had been eating food. I had not been eating food. Had I been eating food?
Simple future tense I will eat food. I will not eat food. Will I eat food?
Future continuous tense I will be eating food. I will not be eating food. Will I be eating food?
Future perfect tense I will have eaten food. I will not have eaten food. Will I have eaten food?
Future perfect continuous tense I will have been eating food. I will not have been eating food. Will I have been eating food?

English grammar tenses table

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Friday, November 28, 2014

Verb with two objects with exercises


We were given a week.

Some verbs(for example,give,lend,promise,send and show)can have two objects
:a person and thing.
♦ They gave Waheed a prize.Or
♦ They gave a prize to Waheed.
♦We sent Waheed a birthday card.Or
♦We sent a birthday card to Waheed.
Theseverbs have two possible passive structures.
♦Waheed was given a prize.OR
Õ:A prize was given to Waheed.
Õ:Waheed was sent a birthday card.OR
Õ:A birthday card was sent to Waheed.


A Verb with two objects
Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2
Active Waheed wrote a letter to me.
Passive: A letter was written to me by Waheed.
Passive: I was written a letter by Waheed.