Cambrian College

First Digital Campus in Bangladesh

Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker Associate Professor

Department of EnglishCambrian College Dhaka.

Objectives

By the end of the lesson you will be able : to identify the Present Simple Tense to know the Present Progressive Tense to know the structure of sentences

Tense denotes the time of the action indicated by a verb. The time is not always the same as that indicated by the name of the tense.

Tense k‡ãi evsjv A_© ÔKvjÕ| wµqv m¤úbœ nIqvi mgq‡K Tense e‡j| evK¨ MVb, cwieZ©b ev ms‡hvRb me‡ÿ‡ÎB Tense Gi cÖ‡qvRb Av‡Q|

1. He does the sum. 2. He did the sum. 3. He will do the sun. GLv‡b D‡jøwLZ evK¨¸‡jvi g‡a¨ cÖ_g evK¨wUi

wµqv 'doesÕ w`‡q eZ©gvb mgq, wØZxq evK¨wUi wµqv Ôdid’ w`‡q AZxZ mgq I Z…Zxq ev‡K¨ will/do w`‡q fwel¨r mgq‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q| Zvn‡j †evSv hv‡”Q Tense g~jZ wZb cÖKvi| h_v:

Tense

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

Present Past Future

Present Indefinite

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Indefinite

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Future Indefinite

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous

Tense

My name is Alex.

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

Nice to meet you, Alex. My name is Jonas.

I’m glad to meet you, too. Where are you from?

I’m from the Czech Republic.

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

Where doyou live now?

I live inMexico City.

CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

We shop every Monday.

past

futu

re

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

xx x xxxx x xxxno

w

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

(a) Jill eats lunch every day.(b) I usually study English on Wednesday.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

events or situations

SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually) in the past, present, future

(a) Jill eats lunch every day.(b) I usually study English on Wednesday.(c) Dogs bark. Lions roar.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

daily habits,usual activities

general statements of fact

events or situations

SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually) in the past, present, future

(d) NEGATIVE: He doesn’t watch TV on weekends.(e) QUESTION: Does that dog bark loudly?

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

Answer the following question. (a) What do you mean by present simple tense?

True or false. If false, give the correct answer.(a) The use of present continuous tense is very rare.-true/false.

Tell whether the sentences are present simple or present continuous tense.

The above sentence is in

present progressive

tense.

Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs from correct tenses.

Write 10 sentences each from both tenses and try to make it a paragraph.

All the best.

Thank you.

Thank you.