Topic : Verbs - II (tenses : Present)
A verb is a word denoting action (derived from the latin word verbum : word).The concept of tenses helps us indicate the time regarding the action.
Depending on the time frame one needs to communicate tenses have to be used.Tenses are classified as :
Primary and Secondary
Primary tenses are also known as Simple tenses and are of the following three types :
Simple Present tense
Simple Past tense
Simple Future tense
Secondary tenses are also of three types :
Perfect [Present,Past,Future]
Continuous also called as the progressive [Present,Past,Future]
Perfect-Continuous/Progressive [Present,Past,Future]
This quiz was based on all the present tenses i.e. Simple Present/Present Perfect/Present Continuous/Present-Perfect Continuous
An example to illustrate the usage of these tenses:
Simple Present : I run
Simple Past : I ran.
Simple Future : I shall run.
Present Perfect : I have run.
Past Perfect : I had run.
Future Perfect : I shall have run.
Present Continuous : I am running.
Past Continuous : I was running.
Present Continuous : I shall be running.
Present Perfect Continuous : I have been running.
Past Perfect Continuous : I had been running.
Future Perfect Continuous : I shall have been running.
Present tenses
Usage of the Simple present tense: A simple present tense is used in the following instances :
- to indicate a present action
- to indicate a planned future activity
- for all sensory actions
- for all habitual actions
- used with all the verbs related to understanding,perception etc
- actions indicating universal truths
Usage of the Present Perfect tense: A present perfect tense is used to indicate any activity started in the past and that has just ended.[ a present perfect tense is indicated by the usage of the primary auxillary has and have]
Usage of the Present Perfect Continuous tense: A present perfect continuous tense is used to describe any action that began in the past and which has continued even in the present.
Answers
- She baked a fairly good cake./She has baked a fairly good cake.[ usage of a present perfect tense]
- Harem releases next week.[planned future activity hence the usage of simple present tense] or Harem will release next week.
- The breeze feels good in this hot weather.[sensory action hence the usage of the simple present]
- Animals hibernate in winter. [habitual action and hence the usage of the simple present tense]
- She plays/played the guitar very well.
Hi Ma'am
ReplyDeleteHarem ......... next week.
can you please explain
Why Harem will release next week is not selected
as answer.
mam ,
ReplyDeletei was able to get all correct. all thanks to ur lecture which i could recollect
thnk u very much i m improving
ReplyDeleteDear Anonynmous [ plz post your name along with your query :)]
ReplyDeleteSince it is a planned future activity we prefer the simple present tense,nevertheless Harem will release next week is also not incorrect.
I have a doubt other than verbs.
ReplyDeleteFacts,inference,judgments are giving me nightmares.
how do i go about it?
is there even a need to go about it with respect to CAT?
plz help.
Dear FIJ Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThese questions have been asked in CAT only twice one was in 1991 and the other was in 2006.It is difficult to predict how important they are.
There is a template for these questions that I make in the class.Do you think I should run a quiz on the same explaining the concepts?
ma'am as mentioned above
ReplyDeletev need a quize on FACTS IN FERCNCE
UPSTREAM ......
thanxx 4 dis quize
Dear Ma'am,
ReplyDeleteIn the first sentence, can't we also use a past perfect- 'had baked'..??
Dear Rakshaa,
ReplyDeleteA past perfect is used only when there are two actions in the past,the first action takes the past perfect and the second action takes the simple past.Since in the first sentence there is only one action we cannot use the past perfect tense.
eg. of a past perfect tense:
Hardly had he reached the mountaintop,when it began to rain.
Hello ma'am. Why is "She HAD baked a fairly good cake" wrong?
ReplyDeletefor eg - "She had baked a fairly good cake last week."
Baked is itself in past tense so 'had' becomes redundant..!!
ReplyDeleteHello Ma'am,
ReplyDeleteFIJ's are giving me nightmares as well.
Though it has asked only twice in previous CAT's but it has a consistent appearence in AIMCAT's and i have failed miserably in that.
Can u plz help how to go about such questions
Hi Swapnila,
ReplyDeleteI have a doubt wchich needs to be solaved as early as possible.Here it is:
What should be written in a mail? - Hi All, OR Hi all, Thanks and Regards, OR Thanks and regards,
Dear NIdhi,
ReplyDeleteIt would be 'Hi all ' ..... d way we write 'Hello people' and as a complimentary close it would be 'Thanks and Regards' coz both the salutations are equally important.
Hope this helps.