Tips And Tricks And Shortcuts For Tenses And Articles

Tips and Tricks for Tenses and Articles – Tenses Rules:

Present Tenses:

1.SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: 
Here, the action is simply mentioned in general terms and the action that occurs frequently uses simple present tense.
Keywords: Always, usually,  sometimes,  rarely, never, every day, on Sundays, etc.
Example: I eat.
He studies grammar every day.

2.PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE: 
Here, the action is still going on and hence the action is continuous.
Keywords: Right now, this quarter, etc.
Example: Ankita is eating.
Anjali is sleeping.

3.PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: 
Here, the action is complete or has ended.
Keywords: Already, yet, just, never, since + a particular time, for +  duration of time
Example: I have eaten Indian food two times.

4.PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE: 
Here, the action has been taking place for some time and is still in continuity.
Keywords: for, since, lately
Example: I have been eating.
I have been eating a lot of vegetables lately.

Past Tenses:

1.SIMPLE PAST TENSE: 
Here, the action is simply referred and understood to have taken place in the past.
Keywords: Yesterday, last week, last month,  etc.
Example: Angela watched TV all night.

2.PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: 
Here, the action was continued until a certain time in the past.
Keywords: while
Example: I was sleeping when you called.

3.PAST PERFECT TENSE:
Here, the action is explained that, happened before another action in the past.
Keywords: Already, before. by the time
Examples: I had eaten.
I had already eaten when they arrived.

4.PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE: 
Here, the action is explained which started in the past and continued until another time in the past.
Keywords: For, since
Example: I had been eating for two hours before my friend arrived.

Future Tenses:

 1. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE– 
 It is used when we plan or make a decision to do something. No explanation is given about the time in the future.
Example: I will sing
I will sleep.

2. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE: 
Denotes action at a particular moment in the future. However, the action will not have finished at the moment.
Keywords: for
Example: I will be eating at 9 a.m.
I’ll be staying with my friends for several weeks.

3. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE: 
Explain action that will occur in the future before another action in the future.
Keywords: When, by the time
Example: I will have finished cooking by the time you arrive.
I will have washed the clothes before you arrive.

4. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:
It is used to talk about a continued action before some point in the future.
Keywords: For, by the time
Example: I will have been cooking for two hours when you arrive.
I will have been studying for two hours by the time my parents come.