IT IS VERY HELPFUL

1. RULES FOR FILLING CORRECT FORM OF
THE VERB
BY: ROSHAN LAL KUMAWAT

2. 1. PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
• IF IN A SENTENCE ‘SINCE, FOR ,ALL’ GIVEN AND SECOND SENTENCE IS
COMPLETED THEN BLANK SPACE WILL CONTAIN ‘HAS /HAVE +BEEN +V(1ST)+ING.
• The gardener has been watering the plants for two hours.
• My mother has been cooking food for two hours.

3. • 2. If two sentences given , and any one sentence contains ‘since, for ,all’ and second
sentence contains v(2nd) then ‘had been +v(1st)+ing’ will used before given time.
• Babita had been trying to get a job for two years when finally she gave up the hope.

4. • 3. if two sentences given in any one sentence ‘since ,for ,all’ given before time and
other sentence contains present tense then blank space will contain ‘has /have
+been +v(1st)+ ing ’ before the time.
• Since I have been working for two hours I am feeling tired.
• The dogs have been barking for a long time , what is the matter?

5. • Already ,for , since , all comes before time and in next the sentence contains yet, just
then the blank space will contain ‘has/have +been +v(1st)+ing.’ before since and for,
and ‘has/have’ will before yet and just.
• He has been doing his homework ,but he has not completed it yet.
• The boys have been learning a poem for two hours but they have not learnt it yet.

6. • If a sentence contains since but not time then has /have +been +v(1st)
+ing will come before since and v(2nd) will come after since.
• She has been sleeping since you went to office.
• She has been taking food since she returned from school.
• She has been singing a song since she took food.

7. FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE
• I and we will take always shall and all other noun and pronoun will take will as
helping verb.
• She will go to Jaipur tomorrow to see her mother.
• I shall take examination in next month.
• She will come here on next Monday.

8. FUTURER PERFECT TENSE.
If a sentence contains by before time then will have +v(3rd) will come in blank space .
She will have left for school by 10 p.m.
They will have crossed the forest by sunset.
By the end of this month , the teacher will have finished the course.

9. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
TENSE
• Before Future indicating words like tomorrow, next(month, week , year......), time of a
watch etc we will use ‘by’.
• Somewhere ‘on’ can also used.
• Before time due to ‘for ,since , all’ use has/have +been +v(1st)+ing.
• Anil will have been playing cricket for two hours by 6 o’clock.
• Mukesh will have been living in this house for five years by 2011.
• Mamta will have been washing the clothes for three by 4 p.m.
• Seema will have been reading in this college for four years by 2010.

10. PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
• After Modals like need not , must , can , could , shall, should, will, would , may might
, let always first form of the verb will come.
• I am waiting for Raju , he should come.
• His father is ill he shall go to see him.
• Seeta was not she might attend the function.
• Babita was In a hurry but I let her do her homework.

11. • Always , every(day, month , week, year), usually ,seldom, often , rarely are indicators
of present tense.
• She always remembers god in her difficulty.
• He comes to see me every week.
• She seldom cooks food.
• I go to school everyday.

12. PAST INDIFINITE TENSE
• Ago, yesterday, last(week, month, year…………), the other day etc. are indicators of
past tense . Sentences those are having these adverbs always take v(2nd).
• Mohan came to see me last week.
• Yesterday I had my shoes polished by a cobbler.
• I went to Jaipur yesterday.

13. • If a tense started in past tense then complete sentence will go in past tense.
• When I was bathing , I heard a loud noise.
• Sita cooked food and went to market.

14. PERFECT TENSE
• If a sentence contains already, just , yet, or up to now then with all these sentences
has/have +v(3rd) will come .
• The doctor is not at home , he has gone to hospital just now.
• He has already finished his homework and now he will go to the cinema.
• He had already finished his work and went to the cinema.

15. PAST PERFET TENSE
• If a sentence contains had + v(3rd) and after before ,then after before v(2nd) will
come .
• The guest had gone before I reached at home.
• The patient had died before the doctor came.
• The light had gone before I entered the room.

16. BEFORE
• If a sentence contains v(1st) or has/ have +v(3rd) and after before then after before
v(1st) will also come.
• He takes milk before he goes to bed.
• My mother prepares tea before father comes from the office.

17. AFTER
• If a sentence contains v(2nd) before after then had + v(3rd) will come after ‘after’.
• My mother washed my clothes after I had gone to school.
• After I had finished my homework , I went to play.