Tense Pros And Cons | Transformation Of Sentence

Previously we have discussed the basic of Transformation of sentence and Degree. Today we are going to focus on Tense, probably the most important part of English. There are some people who consider Tense as the mother of English. So we can easily understand how significant the role Tense plays in the well understanding of English.

We just have to focus on the basic structures of each type of tenses. As we all know, Tense is mainly of three types such as:

1) Present
2) Past
3) Future

Each of them has four sub-categories. They are:

1) Indefinite
2) Continuous
3) Perfect
4) Perfect Continuous

Here is the chart of total types of tense and their sub categories:

Let's go to the in depth of each type.

Present Indefinite:

Active: subject+ Verb in present form+ Object/ext.

Passive: Subject+am/is/are+verb in past participle form+obj/ext.

Additional: Subject+ am/is/are+noun/adjective/ext.

Example:

Active: I write blog.

passive: Blog is written.

Additional: Blog is a source of income.

Present Continuous:

Active: Subject+am/is/are+verb-ing+object/ext.

Passive: Subject+am/is/are+being+verb in past participle+obj/ext.

Example:

Active: I am watching a cricket match in TV.

passive: A cricket match is being telecast in TV.

Present Perfect:

Active: Subject+Have/has+verb in past participle+obj/ext.

Passive: Subject+have/has+been+verb in past participle+obj/ext.

Example:

Active: I have taken a challenge.

Passive: Challenges have been taken.

Present perfect continuous:

Active: Subject+have/has+been+verb-ing+for/since+time/obj/ext

Note: Since for the definite period of time and 'for' is for indefinite period of time.

Passive: Sub+have/has+been+being+verb in past participle+obj/ext.

Example:

Active: I have been working as a freelancer for two years last.
       or, I have been working as a freelancer since 2014.

passive: The content has been being written for last two hours.


Past Indefinite:

Active: Subject+verb in past form+obj

Passive: Subject+was/were+verb in past participle form+obj

Additional: Sub+was/were+obj/ext

Example:

Act: He did the work.

Passive: The work was done.

Additional; I was the first boy in my class.

Past Continuous:

Active: Sub+was/were+verb-ing+obj

passive: Sub+was/were+being+verb in past participle+obj

Example:

Act: I was playing cricket.

Passive: The content was being developed.

Past perfect:

Act: Sub+had+verb in past participle+obj

Passive: sub+ had been+verb in past participle+ obj

Example:

Act: Bangladesh had beaten Newzealand.

Passive: The question papers had been leaked.

Past perfect continuous:

Act: Sub+had been+verb-ing+obj

Passive: Sub+had been being+verb in past participle+obj

Example:

Act: The match had been playing in the ground.

Passive: The ground had been being used for playing cricket.

Future indefinite:

Active: Sub+shall/will+verb in present form+obj

Passive; sub+shall/will+be+verb in past participle form+obj

Example:

Act: I will earn a lot in-sha-Allah.

Passive: A huge some will be donated.

Future Continuous:

Active: Sub+shall/will+be+verb-ing+obj

Passive: Sub+shall/will+be+being+verb in past participle+obj

Example:

Act: I shall be watching a movie.

Passive: A movie will be being watched.

Future perfect:

Active: Sub+shall/will+have+verb in past participle+obj

passive: Sub+shall/will+have been+verb in past participle

Example:

Act: They will have done the work by 2.50 p.m.

Passive: The work will have been done by 2.50 p.m.

Future Perfect Continuous:

Act: Sub+shall/will+have been+verb-ing+obj

passive: Sub+shall/will+have been being+ verb in past participle+obj

Example:

Act: I shall have been writing blog in my website.

Passive: The blog writing will have been being continued.