Pranshu's English Classroom (CBSE)

 Tenses — Class 7 1. What is a Tense? A tense tells us the time of an action. Example: I played cricket. → Past I play cricket. → Present I will play cricket. → Future Easy rule: Tense = Time of action 2. There are 3 Main Times               TENSE                 │       ┌─────────┼─────────┐       ↓         ↓         ↓      PAST     PRESENT    FUTURE   happened      now     will happen Past → before now Present → now / regularly Future → after now 3. Each Time Has 4 Forms Every time has four ways of describing an action: Type Meaning Example Simple normal action / habit I play. Continuous action in progress I am playing. Perfect complete...

How to use the forms V1 is mainly used with: Present Simple: I play cricket. After will : I will play cricket. After do/does/did : Did you play cricket? V2 is used for: Simple Past: I played cricket yesterday. Irregular example: I went to school. V3 is used with: has/have → Present Perfect: I have eaten . had → Past Perfect: I had eaten . will have → Future Perfect: I will have eaten . V-ing is used with: am/is/are → I am playing . was/were → I was playing . will be → I will be playing . has/have/had been → I have been playing . ⭐ Important: Regular vs Irregular Verbs Regular verbs usually form V2 and V3 by adding -ed : play → played → played work → worked → worked clean → cleaned → cleaned Irregular verbs change differently and need to be memorised: go → went → gone eat → ate → eaten write → wrote → written take → took → taken The 4th form of a verb is usually called the -ing form or Present Participle . Example Form Name Example: write V1 Base form write V2 Past form ...