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English Grammar and Composition Class Seven - The Tense - Vocabulary

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Class 6 to 8English Grammar and Composition Class Seven - The Tense - Vocabulary

Chapter: The Tense

📚 Vocabulary
English Grammar and Composition Class Seven
⭐ Most Important Exam Words
tensetimeactionstatepresentpastfuturehabitroutineusuallyalwaysoftenfacttruthyesterdayagocompletedarrivedeparttomorrowsoonnextplanschedulewillexpectpromisebaseauxiliaryregularirregularsimplecontinuousperfectparticipleconsistencysequenceshiftbeforeafterwhile
📃 Word Formation Rules
â–ē Regular past tense: verb + ed, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ play → played, visit → visited.
â–ē āϝ⧇ verb-āĻāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ e āφāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ d āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ love → loved.
â–ē āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ y āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ y āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ i āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ed āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ study → studied.
â–ē āĻāĻ• syllable-āĻāϰ short vowel-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ consonant āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ stop → stopped.
â–ē Third-person singular simple present: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ verb + s, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ read → reads.
â–ē s, sh, ch, x, āĻŦāĻž o āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž verb-āĻ third-person singular-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ es āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ watch → watches, go → goes.
â–ē Consonant + y āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž verb-āĻ third-person singular-āĻ y āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ ies āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ study → studies.
â–ē Present continuous: am, is, āĻŦāĻž are + verb-ing, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ read → is reading.
â–ē Past continuous: was āĻŦāĻž were + verb-ing, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ play → was playing.
â–ē Perfect form: have, has, āĻŦāĻž had + past participle, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ write → has written.
â–ē Future form: will + base verb, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ visit → will visit.
â–ē Irregular verbs āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ ed āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ go → went → gone āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ write → wrote → written.
1. The Tense (8 words)
tense[/tens/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Example: Tense shows the time of an action.
Syn: verb formAnt: timelessness
💡 Exam tip: āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇: tense āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ verb-āĻāϰ form-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
time[/taÉĒm/]nouneasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϘāϟāύāĻž āϘāϟāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Example: Time tells us when an action happens.
Syn: periodAnt: timelessness
💡 Exam tip: Tense āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ time āĻāĻ• āύāϝāĻŧ; time āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, tense āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒāĨ¤
action[/ˈÃĻkʃən/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāϜ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ
Example: The verb describes the action in the sentence.
Syn: actAnt: inaction
💡 Exam tip: āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ action āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ verb āĻļāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
state[/steÉĒt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
Example: The verb can show an action or a state.
Syn: conditionAnt: change
💡 Exam tip: Know, like, and be-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ verb āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ state āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
present[/ˈprezənt/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϘāϟāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The present tense often describes habits and facts.
Syn: currentAnt: past
💡 Exam tip: Present tense-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ: now, every day, always, usuallyāĨ¤
past[/pɑːst/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ
Alt: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ
Example: The past tense describes a finished action.
Syn: previousAnt: future
💡 Exam tip: Yesterday, ago, last week āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ past tense-āĻāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤāĨ¤
future[/ˈfjuːtʃə(r)/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The future tense refers to an action that has not happened yet.
Syn: forthcomingAnt: past
💡 Exam tip: Tomorrow, next year, and soon āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
form[/fɔːrm/]nouneasy
Meaning: āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Alt: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
Example: The verb form changes according to tense.
Syn: shapeAnt: disorder
💡 Exam tip: Verb-āĻāϰ base form, past form, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle form āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
2. Present Tense Vocabulary (8 words)
habit[/ˈhÃĻbÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
Alt: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ
Example: Rina reads books as a daily habit.
Syn: customAnt: irregularity
💡 Exam tip: āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ simple present tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
routine[/ruːˈtiːn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻž
Alt: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ
Example: My morning routine begins at six o'clock.
Syn: scheduleAnt: disorder
💡 Exam tip: Daily routine paragraph-āĻ simple present tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
usually[/ˈjuːʒuəli/]adveasy
Meaning: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ
Alt: āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: He usually walks to school.
Syn: normallyAnt: rarely
💡 Exam tip: Usually, always, often, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ sometimes present tense-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
always[/ˈɔːlweÉĒz/]adveasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž
Example: The sun always rises in the east.
Syn: continuallyAnt: never
💡 Exam tip: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ always-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ simple present āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
often[/ˈɒfən/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ
Alt: āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ
Example: We often play football after school.
Syn: frequentlyAnt: seldom
💡 Exam tip: Often āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ main verb-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ be verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
fact[/fÃĻkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ
Example: Water boils at one hundred degrees Celsius is a scientific fact.
Syn: truthAnt: falsehood
💡 Exam tip: āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ¨ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ simple present tense-āĻ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
truth[/truːθ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϤāĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ
Example: The truth remains unchanged.
Syn: factAnt: lie
💡 Exam tip: General truth-āĻāϰ verb-āĻ subject āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ s āĻŦāĻž es āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
happen[/ˈhÃĻpən/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϘāϟāĻž
Alt: āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Accidents sometimes happen on busy roads.
Syn: occurAnt: prevent
💡 Exam tip: Happen-āĻāϰ third-person singular form āĻšāϞ⧋ happensāĨ¤
3. Past Tense Vocabulary (8 words)
completed[/kəmˈpliːtÉĒd/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ
Alt: āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The completed action belongs to the past.
Syn: finishedAnt: unfinished
💡 Exam tip: āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ past tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
yesterday[/ˈjestədeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ
Example: I visited my grandmother yesterday.
Syn: the previous dayAnt: tomorrow
💡 Exam tip: Yesterday āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ verb-āĻāϰ past form āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
ago[/əˈɡəʊ/]adveasy
Meaning: āφāϗ⧇
Alt: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇
Example: The train left ten minutes ago.
Syn: beforeAnt: later
💡 Exam tip: Ago āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ simple past tense-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
arrive[/əˈraÉĒv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: The bus arrived late yesterday.
Syn: reachAnt: depart
💡 Exam tip: Arrive-āĻāϰ past form āĻšāϞ⧋ arrived; arrive at a place āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ arrive in a city āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
depart[/dÉĒˈpɑːrt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϰāĻ“āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: The flight departed at noon.
Syn: leaveAnt: arrive
💡 Exam tip: Depart-āĻāϰ past form departedāĨ¤
visited[/ˈvÉĒzÉĒtÉĒd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Example: We visited the National Museum last Friday.
Syn: called onAnt: avoided
💡 Exam tip: Visit āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ regular verb; past form-āĻ ed āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
story[/ˈstɔːri/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ
Alt: āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ
Example: The writer told the story in the past tense.
Syn: taleAnt: fact
💡 Exam tip: Past events-āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ tense consistency āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
earlier[/ˈɜːrliər/]advmedium
Meaning: āφāϗ⧇
Alt: āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇
Example: She had arrived earlier than her friends.
Syn: previouslyAnt: later
💡 Exam tip: Earlier āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
4. Future Tense Vocabulary (8 words)
tomorrow[/təˈmɒrəʊ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ
Example: We will meet tomorrow.
Syn: the next dayAnt: yesterday
💡 Exam tip: Tomorrow future meaning āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ; will meet-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
soon[/suːn/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ
Alt: āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇
Example: The examination will begin soon.
Syn: shortlyAnt: late
💡 Exam tip: Soon āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
next[/nekst/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀
Alt: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ
Example: Our school will reopen next month.
Syn: followingAnt: previous
💡 Exam tip: Next week, next month, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ next year future time markerāĨ¤
plan[/plÃĻn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž
Alt: āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž
Example: Our plan is to visit Cox's Bazar.
Syn: arrangementAnt: improvisation
💡 Exam tip: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ be going to āĻŦāĻž present continuous-āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
schedule[/ˈskedʒuːl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āϚāĻŋ
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž
Example: The train leaves at eight according to the schedule.
Syn: timetableAnt: disorder
💡 Exam tip: āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āϚāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ simple present āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“ future meaning āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
will[/wÉĒl/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇
Alt: āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ auxiliary verb
Example: I will help you with your homework.
Syn: shallAnt: would not
💡 Exam tip: Will-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏ⧇: will go, will readāĨ¤
expect[/ÉĒkˈspekt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: We expect the results will be published soon.
Syn: anticipateAnt: doubt
💡 Exam tip: Expect āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
promise[/ˈprɒmÉĒs/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: I promise that I will study regularly.
Syn: pledgeAnt: break
💡 Exam tip: Promise-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ future clause-āĻ will āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. Tense Forms and Auxiliary Verbs (8 words)
base[/beÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Alt: verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž dictionary form
Example: The base form of went is go.
Syn: rootAnt: derived form
💡 Exam tip: Will, can, may, and must-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
auxiliary[/ɔːɡˈzÉĒliəri/]adjectivehard
Meaning: āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ verb-āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: Will is an auxiliary verb in the sentence.
Syn: helpingAnt: main
💡 Exam tip: Be, have, do, will, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ shall auxiliary verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
regular[/ˈreɡjələr/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: Played is the past form of the regular verb play.
Syn: usualAnt: irregular
💡 Exam tip: Regular verb-āĻāϰ past form āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ ed āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
irregular[/ÉĒˈreÉĄjələr/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: Went is an irregular past form of go.
Syn: unusualAnt: regular
💡 Exam tip: Go-went-gone, write-wrote-written-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ irregular verb āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
simple[/ˈsÉĒmpəl/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ
Alt: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻž āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: Simple present expresses habits and general truths.
Syn: basicAnt: complex
💡 Exam tip: Simple tense-āĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
continuous[/kənˈtÉĒnjuəs/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻžāύāĻž āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž
Example: She is reading a book in the continuous form.
Syn: ongoingAnt: interrupted
💡 Exam tip: Continuous form: be verb + verb-ingāĨ¤
perfect[/ˈpɜːrfÉĒkt/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The perfect form shows a completed action.
Syn: completedAnt: incomplete
💡 Exam tip: Perfect form: have, has, or had + past participleāĨ¤
participle[/pɑːrˈtÉĒsÉĒpəl/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Alt: verb-āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āϝāĻž tense āĻŦāĻž adjective-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Written is the past participle of write.
Syn: verb formAnt: finite verb
💡 Exam tip: Past participle perfect tense āĻ“ passive voice-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
6. Tense Consistency and Time Expressions (8 words)
consistency[/kənˈsÉĒstənsi/]nounhard
Meaning: āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ
Alt: āĻāĻ•āχ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž
Example: Tense consistency makes writing clear.
Syn: uniformityAnt: inconsistency
💡 Exam tip: āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ tense āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
sequence[/ˈsiːkwəns/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ
Alt: āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
Example: The sequence of events was easy to understand.
Syn: orderAnt: disorder
💡 Exam tip: āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ sequence āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϞ⧇ tense āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
sudden[/ˈsʌdən/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•
Alt: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϘāĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: A sudden tense shift can confuse the reader.
Syn: unexpectedAnt: gradual
💡 Exam tip: Time frame āύāĻž āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāϞ⧇ sudden tense shift āϭ⧁āϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻŖā§āϝ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
shift[/ʃÉĒft/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ
Alt: āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: There is an unnecessary shift from past to present tense.
Syn: changeAnt: stability
💡 Exam tip: āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž past āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ present-āĻ shift āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧋āĨ¤
frame[/freÉĒm/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāϰ
Example: Keep the same tense when the time frame does not change.
Syn: periodAnt: timelessness
💡 Exam tip: Time frame āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ tense āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
before[/bÉĒˈfɔːr/]adveasy
Meaning: āφāϗ⧇
Alt: āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇
Example: She finished her work before dinner.
Syn: previouslyAnt: after
💡 Exam tip: Before-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇-āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž clause āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ tense āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
after[/ˈɑːftə(r)/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰ⧇
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇
Example: He called me after he reached home.
Syn: laterAnt: before
💡 Exam tip: After āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ; āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
while[/waÉĒl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϝāĻ–āύ
Alt: āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇
Example: While I was reading, my brother was playing.
Syn: during the timeAnt: afterwards
💡 Exam tip: While-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ continuous tense āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
💡 Exam Tips
â€ĸ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ time expression āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧋: now, every day, yesterday, ago, tomorrow āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤
â€ĸ Subject āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ āĻšāϞ⧇ simple present-āĻ main verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ s āĻŦāĻž es āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
â€ĸ Did āĻŦāĻž does-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏ⧇: Did he go? Does she read?
â€ĸ Will-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ past form āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž; āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻšāϞ⧋ will go, will writeāĨ¤
â€ĸ Continuous tense-āĻ be verb āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ verb-ing āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋāχ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Perfect tense-āĻ have, has, āĻŦāĻž had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ past participle āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āϘāϟāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ tense consistency āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
â€ĸ Yesterday, last night, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ago āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ simple past āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ, āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇ simple present āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āϚāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ simple present āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ: The train leaves at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
â€ĸ Fill in the blanks-āĻ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ subject, time marker, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ auxiliary verb—āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ āϭ⧁āϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ time word āύāϝāĻŧ, verb form-āĻ“ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤

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