A Read the following passage and underline the verbs in it.
Azam is one of my close friends. He lives in Canada now. He often emails me. I received one email this morning. I will answer the mail soon.
What time does each verb refer to--present, past or future?
Note: Tense refers to the time of action or state indicated by a verb. According to time references, there are three main tenses:
- The Present Tense (refers to present state or different modes of present action)
- The Past Tense (refers to past state or different modes of past action)
- The Future Tense (refers to future state or different modes of future action).
Each of these tenses has four different aspects. They are: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. In this unit you will learn some of these aspects.
Read the following sentences and say which sentence refers to what time:
- It often rains here.
- It is raining now.
- It has been raining for two hours.
- It rained here yesterday.
- It was raining then.
- It had rained here before you arrived.
- It will rain tonight.
- It will be raining then.
- Rajib was sick yesterday.
- Suman is absent from class today for his illness. (Present state)
C Read the following passage and underline all the verbs in it. Say which verb refers to what time (present, past or future).
Mr. Hasan was once a poor man. But now he is quite rich. He works very hard.
He hopes that he will become richer in future.
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