Simple Past Tense | C1 – C2 Grammar
When we say when something happened, we use the simple past tense. She lived in Mumbai when she was a child. I met him the other day. She lives with her parents at the...
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Editing Worksheet For Class 10
Each sentence or groups of sentences given below contain one mistake. Find the mistake and correct it. 1. He has been born in 1985. 2. Did you read ‘Wuthering Heights’? 3. Have you seen...
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Tense
Watch this Youtube video to learn the difference between simple past and present perfect. You can also find a Malayalam version of the same video here. We use the present perfect tense to give...
Simple Future Tense
Simple future tense form: Affirmative Negative Question I shall/will write. She will write. You will write. I shall/will not write. She will not write. You will not write. Shall/will I write? Will she write?...
Should As A Modal Auxiliary Verb
Should is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular. He should be here soon. (NOT He shoulds …) You should mend your ways. Should is followed by an infinitive without to. Questions and negatives are made without do. You should...
Shall vs. Will
Expressing simple future Shall can be used with first person pronouns (I, we) to express simple future. We shall discuss the matter with them. I shall write to him. We shall invite them for dinner. With the second (you) and third person (he, she, they, it) pronouns,...
Shall As A Modal Auxiliary Verb
Shall is a modal auxiliary verb. It is followed by an infinitive without to. Shall has no –s in the third person singular. I shall be home soon. We shall invite them to dinner. I think I shall send him a...
Sequence Of Tenses Worksheet
Insert the correct form of the verb in the following sentences. 1. Our Holy Books tell us that man —————— mortal. a) Is b) Was c) Will be 2. The teacher asked the boys...
Tenses In Subordinate Clauses
When the principal clause is in the past tense When the principal (main) clause is in the past tense, the verb in the subordinating clause also should be in the past tense. He said (main clause) that he was not guilty (subordinate clause). He asked (main clause)...
Sequence Of Tenses In A Complex Sentence
The tense of a verb in the subordinate clause should be in accordance with the tense of the verb in the main clause. The sequence of tenses in a complex sentence Rule 1 If...