Spoken English online notes

Unit – 4

           

This tense is used to talk about the action that started in past and is going on in present and will go on in future also.

STRUCTURE – 4

Basic Structure      :       Sub. + has/have + been + Ing form + Obj. + Since/for + time

 

Affirmative                  :    Sub. + has/have + been + V Ing form + Obj.+ since/for + time

Negative                       :     Sub. + has/have + not + been +V Ing form + Obj.+ since/for + time

Interrogative                :    Has/have + Sub. + been +V Ing form + Obj. + since/for + time?

Interrogative Negative:    Has/have + Sub. + not + been +V Ing form + Obj. + since/for + time?

Passive                    :    Cannot be converted into passive

Singular Subjects: He, She, It, Singular noun as Rohit, Rajesh etc.

·        Helping Verb: Has

Plural Subjects: I, We, You, They, and Plural nouns as people, boys, colleges.

·        Helping Verb: Have

Since: for point of time e.g. 4 o’clock, Sunday, Morning, 1947, June etc.

For: for period of time e.g. four hours, three days, few days, some weeks, many years,  a long time, long etc.