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Navigating the World · Part 15

Chapter 4: Unit - 3 · English

fire man and they are on their way. 10th - -  To express an action that has been recently completed  With adverbs like already, recently, yet,  To express an action that began in past and is still continues up to the present e.g. She has lived in this house for five years. Note: We do not use adverbs of time denoting the past tense in Present Perfect Tense.

e.g. Father has returned from Vellore yesterday. ( This sentence is wrong. ) Father has returned from Vellore.

Forms and Uses of Present Perfect Continuous Tense First person Second person Third person Affirmative *Singular *Plural I have been singing since morning. We have been singing since mornin g. You have been singing for two hours. You have been singing for two hours.

She/He/It has been singing since morning. They have been singing since morning. Note:  Since is used for a point of time; For is used for a period of time Uses  To express an action which began at some time in the past and is still continuing and may extend into the future. e.g.

 She has been studying since morning.  To express an action in a sentence which begins with for how long or since when  To express an action that began sometime in the past and has been just completed. However, its result is visible in the present. e.g.

 I have been working on this project for five hours and I am tired now. A. Complete the sentences in present tense forms. .

Saravanan always …………….(go) for a walk in the morning. . We ……………… (gather) here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive. .

Aruna ……. eagerly ……………… (wait) to meet her friend since morning. . Sheeba ……………… (move) to a new house next week.

. Naseera ……………..(attend) music classes regularly. . Ilakiya and Adhira……………(enjoy) each other's company very much.

. Mani …………..(work) in this school for five years. . It…………(pour) outside now.

10th - - Past Tense First person

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