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Time and Tense

The ‘Tense’ is a grammatical term used for showing the time of action as well as denoting the various forms of verbs whereas the term ‘Time’ is a non-grammatical universal term. They both are used for showing the time – Past, Present and Future. 

Correct usage of Simple Present / Present Indefinite

Structures: -

Present Indefinite - Subject + Verb1/Verb5 + Object.

Simple Structure – Subject + is/am/are + Noun/Adjective

Rules: -

For showing the simple action in present time we use the Present Indefinite. Such action shows the regular activities. Examples: -

o  We …….. football daily. (play, plays)

o  The children always …… a noise in the class. (makes, make)

o  My mother always ……. me. (chide, chides)

o  I …… you very much. (respects, respect)

o  Do you not …….. God every day? (worship, worships)

o  You speak good English. (speak, speaks)

o  Why do you …… to see me? (laugh, laughs )

o  Where do you go through this way every day? (go, goes)

o  What do you do with this knife? (do, does)

o  You ….. engaged in a mobile for a day long. (is, are)

o  What … she surf on Google in computer? (do, does)

o  Where …..he go with a bag in his hand, wearing a cap on his head, wearing googles on his eyes and applying Teeka on his temple? (do, does)

For showing the present gesture and posture, we use simple present. Example: - 

o  She ….. very beautiful. (look, looks)

o  Radha …… very sad. (look, looks)

o  Today, you …… very sad. (look, looks)

o  They ….. mad. (look, looks)

o  This farmer looks very laborious.

Generally, simple present is used, if we have following adverbs in the sentence – Everyday, Daily, Always, Regularly, Generally, Gradually, once in a + day/week/month/year, Twice in a + day/week/month/year, Three times in a + day/week/month/year etc.

 

Verb + ही रहता है, ही रहती है, ही रहते हैं etc

[Subject + keeps/keep + on + Verb4 ]  /

[Subject + goes/go + on + Verb4 ] /

[Subject + do/does + nothing but  + Verb1 ]

Examples: -

·      वह हमेशा पढ़ता रहता है। - He always keeps on reading. / He always goes on reading. /He does nothing but read always.

·      वह प्रतिदिन  यहां आती है। - She comes here every day.

·      वह महीने में दो बार यहां आता  है। - He comes here two times in a month.

·      राधा हमेशा रोने के अलावा कुछ नहीं करती है  - Radha does nothing but weep always. Radha keeps on weeping always.

·      The children keep on playing always / The children go on playing always / The children do nothing but play always.

Examples: -

·      He always…………to late. (is coming/comes)

·      My father……to meet me once in a week. (has come/comes)

·      She always……….in the class when the teacher is out of the class. (is whistling, whistles).

Find out the errors in the following sentences: -

·      Ram tells/that the girl sitting in the corner/is always winking at me/ when she looks at.

·      When I commit/mistake, my father is always starting rebuking me.

·      The students of computer come to attend English classes twice/two times in a week.

·      My father comes to visit me once in a week.

For showing the running commentary, generally, we use simple present form.

·      Sachin ran after the ball, caught it, and threw it on the stumps. -X Sachin runs after the ball, catches it and throws it on the stumps.

For showing the event for the dramas, cinemas, novels etc., we generally, use simple present.

·      Kabir Das said – X/ Kabir Das says, “…………”.

·      Amitabh Bachchan acts as the role of a beggar in this movie.

·      Katrina acts as the role of Sonia Gandhi in the film ‘Rajneeti’.

If we use the following adverbs/words such as:- Never, Always, Seldom, Hardly, Occasionally, Sometimes, Now and then, again and again, Regularly, Naturally (कभी नहीं, हमेशा, शायद ही कभी, शायद ही कभी, कभी-कभी, यदा-कदा, बार-बार, नियमित रूप से, स्वाभाविक रूप से) etc., we use simple present. As:-

·       He never …… a lie. (is telling, tells, tell)

·      She always …… late in the class. (has come, comes, is coming)

·      The parents hardly ….. their children. (had cheated, cheated, cheats, cheat)

·      Naturally, truth ……… our lives. (modified, is modifying, modifies, modify)

For showing the natural events/universal truth, we have to use simple present. Such as:-

·      The sun …. in the east and sets in the west. (has risen, is rising, rises)

·      Truth …….. us how to live. (taught, is teaching, teaches, teach)

·      The earth ……. round the sun. (is moving, moves)

·      Honesty …… to be defeated but at last, it conquers over dishonesty. (Seemed, seems, seem)

·      An honest man …… erecting his head but a dishonest man always gets disrespect. (walked, walks, walk)

·      Truth …. always victorious. (is, are)

Some important usages of simple present.

·      For the fixed/determined events we use simple present instead of future indefinite.

·      dy eq[;ea=h fnYyh tk;saxs A = The chief minister will go to Delhi tomorrow. (Wrong). The chief minister goes to Delhi tomorrow. (Correct)

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