Tenses Flashcards
Unchanged verbs
Put, cut, shut,hurt , read, spread quit, hit, burst , cost, let, forecast telecast broadcast
Present or future duty / obligation/ necessity/ compulsion
Vali ali sutram , must , should, have to, ought to,
I have to go now ( pokiri, iliyana scene)
Sub + must/ should / have to / ought to + v1 + ob
They must work.
He ought to look after his parents
Past obligation
Had to ( cheyalsi vachindi, ) manmadhudu movie lavangam
S + had to + v1 + obj
First she loved me, after that i had to love her
I had to go hospital
I had to take appointment
I had to loose 30 k
They had to cancel the match
Past habits or habitual actions
Gurthu kosthunai,
S + used to + v1 + ob
A girl used to come our home
We used to play
I used to work in field
I used to study well
I used to get marks
They used to write letters to each other
Would also used, means may be he do now also, used to means totally banned
I would read a lot in my college days
Present simple
Hup
Habitual, universal truth, planned future actions
Usually generally always frequently rerely sometimes regularly daily weey monthly yearly every day/ week / month/ year, seldom often never occasionally
I we you they - v1
He she it - v1+ es / s
An action happened in a specific point of time in the past
Simple past
Yesterday, day before yesterday, ago, last week/ month/ year, once long ago at that time in 1947 2000 2004
Action whch is going at the time of speaking or during the present time
Present continues tense
S + is / am / are + v4 + ob
Now ,at present, at this moment, right now, now a days, don’t disturb, look listen
Verbs that are not used in continues
Verbs of sense, see hear taste smell feel
Feelings, love like hate dislike, wish desire want
Verbs of possession have own belong posses consist contain comprise
Verbs of thinking, believe, know, forget, remember, understand, think, agree, disagree, forgive, guess, prefer, recognize, trust, suppose
Past continues tense often use with combo of
Simple past
Long action in continue
Short action in simple past
Time less past actions are known as
Present perfect,
Exact time is not known is not considered important.
I have already seen that movie
When you saw is the simple past
Time simple past
No time present perfect
Just
Already
Till now
Lately
Ever
Just now
So far
Recently
Yet
When two actions happened in the past one after the another, first action used for
Past perfect and simple past used for second action,
S + had + v3 + when / before+ s + v2 + on
V 2 + when/ after / that / before
By + tomorrow/ next week / next month / next year
Future perfect tense
Sub + will / shall + have + v3 + ob
Which started in past and had been in progress until some other action happened in the past
Generally used combo of simple past
Present aithe present perfect continues
Past lo kabatti past perfect continues
Simple past+ since / for
Future perfect continues tense is combo
Simple present tense
My friend will have been waiting for me one hr by the time i go to theatre
If + v1
Will + v1
This case used in positive sense
If I go to agra I will visit tajmahal
If + v2
Would + v1
This used in negative
Imagiary conditions
If + Had + v3
Would + have+ v3
This case is used in unfull fille actions
If you have given me 20 lakh, I would have gone to abroad
2 actions going take place in future
Double future tense
One is simple present and another one simple future
Conjunction + sub + v1 + ob +
Since is used as conjunction bamto denote time
Preceded by present perfect tense and it’s followed by simple past.
S + have) has + v3 + ob + since + s + v2 + ob
I wish I knew this adress
Telisi unte bagundedi naku telusu
Wish rule imagiary vachinapuduu
wish v2 use cheyali
I wish I loved you
I wish I had money
I wish I had wings to fly
I ish
