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Originally posted by Ms.Khan View PostEnglish seekhane k liey aap ne boht acha kaam kia hai :thmbup:
but... app english ko english me hi sikhaa rahi hain ... jin logon ko itni bhi english nahi ati hogi, wo kese seekhenge :)Originally posted by champion_pakistani View Postwo champion k sath rabta kareen
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Re: Learning English!
The Progressive Form of the Presend (Present Tense)
The Progressive Form of the Present
In many situations, you will encounter the progressive form of the present tense. There are three forms of the present in English, the simple, progressive, and emphatic. In previous section, you learned the simple forms of the verbs to be, to go, and to have. Compare the two conjugations of the verb to go:
SIMPLE PRESENT
I go
you go
he, she, it goes
we go
they go
PROGRESSIVE PRESENT
I am going
you are going
he, she, it is going
we are going
they are going
To form the progressive present, use the present tense of the verb to be as an auxiliary and add the ending -ing to the infinitive. Sometimes there will be a slight spelling change:
-->the boy runs
-->the boy is running
-->we bake a cake
-->we are baking a cake
Don't be afraid to use contractions with the progressive present forms. You will hear and use I'm going or they're driving much more often that the non-contracted forms.
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Re: Learning English!
The Present Perfect Tense:
The present perfect, like the other perfect tenses (future and past perfects), conveys the idea that one thing happens before another time or event. In other words, perfect tenses are always used within a context and not in isolation.
To form the present perfect, use a form of have + past participle:
--They've already dried their clothes.
--I've just finished washing my clothes.
--She's borrowed some detergent.
(In the above, the actions all took place before now. The exact time is unimportant.)Last edited by Saira_abdul; 3 August 2007, 18:39.
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Re: Learning English!
Past Tense: Simple Past and the Past Participle:
Use the simple past tense when you are talking about something that happened at one particular time in the past (i.e., the event began and ended in the past). Normally, there is a reference to past time (yesterday, last night, etc.):--I knew your aunt when she was young.
--Yesterday, they bought a car.
--We rented a car last week.
--He saw the U.S. Capitol while he was in Washington.
For many verbs, just add the ending -ed to the verb to make it simple past:
borrow-->borrowed
close-->closed
open-->opened
cash --> cashed.
Here are some rules for making the simple past tense of regular verbs:
1. Verbs ending in -e, add -d (hope --> hoped)
2. Verbs ending in a vowel and a consonant:
A. For one-syllable verbs having a single vowel, double the consonant ending:
stop-->stopped
rob-->robbed
B. For one-syllable verbs having two vowels, just add -ed: rain-->rained
dreamed-->dreamed (also, dreamt)
C. For two-syllable verbs, in which the first syllable is stressed, just add -ed:
listen-->listened
D. For two-syllable verbs, in which the second syllable is stressed, double the consonant ending as you did for 1. above:
prefer-->preferred
control -->controlled
3. Verbs ending in -y. If the -y is preceded by a vowel, keep the -y (enjoyed, prayed); if the -y is preceded by a consonant, change the -y to -i and add -ed:
try-->tried
study-->studied
4. Verbs ending in -ie, add -d:
die-->died
5. Verbs ending in two consonants, just add the ending -ed.
NOTE: For regular verbs the form of the simple past is also the form of the past participle!!
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