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Important Rules for Correct Forms of Verbs
RULES
Rule no: 1
If any sentence contains the words like generally, occasionally, often, daily, sometime, regularly, every day (month, week, year), every Sunday, Monday...etc, always, normally, rarely, quarterly, once, twice, three times, a million time etc, we have to use the present indefinite tense for the given verb.
Examples:
Jane often (go) to school by bus.
Answer:
Jane often goes to school by bus.
The alarm (ring) every hour.
Answer:
The alarm rings every hour
Marry (come) to my house daily.
Answer:
Marry comes to my house daily.
She (meet) him every Friday.
Answer:
She meets him every Friday.
John generally (travel) by bus.
Answer:
John generally travels by bus.
Jacob (watch) movie once a week.
Answer:
Jacob watches movies once a week.
John and Jack occasionally (come) home.
Answer:
John and Jack occasionally come home.
Simon (play) cricket every Sunday.
Answer:
Simon plays cricket every Sunday.
Janney sometime (take) tea in the evening.
Answer:
Jenny sometimes takes tea in the evening.
Ryan always (played) the piano.
Answer:
Ryan always plays the piano.
Rule no: 2
If we find any of the following words in a sentence, we use present continuous tense.
Words:
Listen !, look, still, now, these days, these weeks, these years, these months, at the moment, nowadays
Examples:
Your brother (sleep) now. Don't make a noise.
Answer:
Your brother is sleeping now. Don't make a noise.
Look! This bike (move) very fast.
Answer:
Look! This bike is moving very fast.
What are you (do) nowadays?
Answer:
What are you doing nowadays?
Jane (watch) TV now.
Answer:
Jane is watching TV now.
Gerry (play) cricket at the moment.
Answer:
Gerry is playing cricket at the moment.
Look! A tiger (kill) a wilder beast.
Answer:
Look! A tiger is killing a wilder beast.
Listen! We (go) to market.
Answer:
Listen! We are going to market.
Are you still (follow) them?
Answer:
Are you still following them?
They (complain) against Harry now.
Answer:
They are complaining against Harry now.
Rule no: 3
If any sentence contains the following words like already, just, so far, recently, yet etc, we have to use the present perfect tense.
Examples:
She already (take) tea.
Answer:
She has already taken tea.
The members of the society (not come) yet.
Answer:
The members of the society haven't come yet.
Jack just (arrived) at the meeting.
Answer:
Jack has just arrived at the meeting.
We just (start) to eat our dinner.
Answer:
We have just started to eat our dinner.
Raymon already (got) late for his office.
Answer:
Raymon has already got late for his office.
Simran recently (become) a doctor in the city hospital.
Answer:
Simran has recently become a doctor in the city hospital.
Harry (check) exam papers so far.
Answer:
Harry has checked exam papers so far.
The prisoner just (get) bail.
Answer:
The prisoner has just got bail.
We (find) anything yet.
Answer:
We haven’t found anything yet.
Has the mechanic (fix) the car yet?
Answer:
Hasn't the mechanic fixed the car yet?
Rule no: 4
If any sentence contains the words like yesterday, last/previous day (month week, years), ago etc, we have to use past indefinite tense.
Examples:
Johny (see) her yesterday in the market.
Answer:
Johny saw her yesterday in the market.
We (buy) an expensive red car yesterday.
Answer:
We bought an expensive red car yesterday.
Andy (go) to the hospital yesterday.
Answer:
Andy went to the hospital yesterday.
Our team (go) to London twice last year.
Answer:
Our team went to London twice last year.
They (write) to me last week about their preparation.
Answer:
They wrote to me last week about their preparation.
Ricky (not talk) to John yesterday.
Answer:
Ricky didn’t talk to John yesterday.
We (be) in Japan three days ago.
Answer:
We were in Japan three days ago.
Juliet (have) a headache yesterday.
Answer:
Juliet had a headache yesterday.
We (write) our homework last night.
Answer:
We wrote our homework last night.
Rule no: 5 (As.....While)
If any sentence contains the words like “as and while”, we have to change the immediate verb of the sentence into the past continuous tense and any other verb in the same sentence has to be changed into past indefinite.
Example:
As (enter) the kitchen, she (look) for some food for me.
Answer:
As l was entering the kitchen, she looked for some food for me.
Rule no: 6 (When)
If any sentence contains the word “when” the immediate verb in the same sentence has to be changed into the past indefinite tense and the other verb in the same sentence into past continuous.
Example:
When they (call) me, I (look) upstairs.
Answer:
When they called me, l was looking upstairs.
Rule no: 7 (After)
If any sentence contains the word “after”, we have to change the immediate verb into the past perfect tense and another verb in the same sentence will be changed into the past indefinite tense.
Examples:
After we (finish) our tasks, we (go) away with our boss.
Answer:
After we had finished our tasks, we went away with our boss.
Rule no: 8 (Before)
If any sentence contains the word “before”, we have to change the immediate verb into past indefinite and any other verb in the same sentence will be changed into past perfect.
Example:
John (go) before l (come).
Answer:
John had gone before l came.
Rule no: 9
If any sentence contains the words like shortly, soon, tomorrow, next /coming(days, months, years weeks) etc, we have to use future indefinite tense.
Example:
John (go) to France next year.
Answer:
John will go to France next year.
Abraham (come) to college tomorrow.
Answer:
Abraham will come to college tomorrow.
Rule no: 10
If the sentence contains the helping verb ‘has been” and "have been” had been”, we have to change the verb of the sentence into gerund v(ing) form.
Example:
Rose has been (read) summaries since morning.
Answer:
Rose has been reading summaries since morning.
Rule no: 11
If the sentence contains the words like “for” and “by”, we have to use the v (ing) form after "for" or "by".
Example:
She came here for (meet) John.
Answer:
She came here for meeting John.
Rule no: 12
If the sentence contains (to be), the helping verbs such as is, am, are, was, were, have, had, and has is used accordingly.
Example:
Seema (to be) studying in her room.
Answer:
Seema is studying in her room.
Rule no: 13 (Conditional Sentence)
1. If the sentence contains present indefinite, we have to change it into future indefinite.
Example:
If they (work) hard, they (succeed)
Answer:
If they work hard, they will succeed.
2. If the sentence is in past indefinite, we have to change it modal would with verb 1st after it.
Example:
If we knew him, we (tell) you.
Answer:
If we knew him, we would tell you.
3. If the sentence is in past perfect, we have to use would have +3rd form of verb + object.
Example:
If she had gone there, she (inform) her.
Answer:
If she had gone there, she would have informed her.
If l had been there, l (beat) him.
Answer:
If I had been there, l would have beaten him.
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