Author(Writer):- Rudra Venkateshwarlu, MA. English, English Language Researcher since 2015, Founder of English Language Hub

English Grammar 1

Tenses

How many main tenses are in English language?

Three main tenses are in English Language.

 

1.    Present Tense

2.    Past Tense

3.    Future Tense

 

How many sub tenses are in English Language? What are those?

Twelve sub tenses are in English language. Those are

 

Present Tense

 

1.    Simple Present

2.    Present Continuous

3.    Present Perfect

4.    Present Perfect Continuous

 

Past Tense

 

1.    Simple Past

2.    Past Continuous

3.    Past Perfect

4.    Past Perfect Continuous

 

Future Tense

 

1.    Simple Future

2.    Future Continuous

3.    Future Perfect

4.    Future Perfect Continuous

 

 

How many types of Answer are in English language?

Two types of answers are in English

1.    Positive Answers

2.    Negative Answers

 

How many types of Helping Verb Questions are in English language?

Two types of Helping Verb Questions are in English language.

1.    Positive Helping Verb Questions

2.    Negative Helping Verb Questions  

 

How many types of Question Word Questions are in English language?

Two types of Question Word Questions are in English language.

1.    Positive Question Word Questions

2.    Negative Question Word Questions 

 

 

Sentence Structures of Positive Answers in All Tenses

Simple Present Tense

S + V1 + O

 

Present Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

Present Perfect Tense

S + HV + V3 + O

 

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

 

Simple Past Tense

S + V2 + O

 

Past Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

Past Perfect Tense

S + HV + V3 + O

 

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

 

Simple Future Tense

S + HV + V1 + O

 

Future Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

Future Perfect Tense

S + HV + V3 + O

 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

S + HV + V4 + O

 

 

 

S = Subject

HV = Helping Verb

V1 = Verb 1

O = Object

 

 

 

Subjects

 

First Person

 

I - Singular

We – Plural

 

 

Second Person

 

You – Singular

You – Plural

 

 

Third Person

 

He - Singular

She – Singular

It - Singular

They - Plural

 

 

 

Positive Helping Verbs in All Tenses

 

Simple Present Tense – do / does

Present Continuous Tense – am / is / are

Present Perfect Tense – have / has

Present Perfect Continuous – have been / has been

 

Simple Past Tense – did

Past Continuous Tense – was / were

Past Perfect Tense – had

Past Perfect Continuous – had been

 

Simple Future Tense – will / shall

Future Continuous Tense – will be / shall be

Future Perfect Tense – will have / shall have

Future Perfect Continuous Tense – will have been / shall have been

 

 

Verb Forms

 

Eat Verb Forms

Verb 1 – eat / eats

Verb 2 – ate

Verb 3 – eaten

Verb 4 – eating

 

 

Drink Verb Forms

Verb 1 – drink / drinks

Verb 2 – drank

Verb 3 – drunk

Verb 4 – drinking

 

 

Objects

 

Rice

Water

Book

Exam

 

 

Hint

 

Yes or No questions = Helping Verb Questions

 

Wh – Questions = Questions Word Questions

 

We use shall (helping Verb) for I and we (Subjects) in Future Tenses