Example – She has been writing a letter.
Example– She has not been writing a letter.
Example – Has she been writing a letter?
Example – Has she not been writing a letter?
ASSERTIVE RULE --- sub + has/have + v3 + object NEGATIVE RULE --- sub + has/have + not + v3 + object INTERROGATIVE RULE --- has/have + sub + v3 + object INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE ---has/have + sub + not + v3 + object ASSERTIVE RULE --- sub + has/have + been + v1 + ing + object NEGATIVE RULE --- sub + has/have + not been + v1 + ing + object INTERROGATIVE RULE ---has/have + sub + been + v1 + ing + object INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE --- has/have + she + not + been + v1 + ing + object
Past Tense Tense symbolizes the ever moving, non-stop wheel of time which is forever busy
gathering moments of future and throwing them into the dustbin of past
Simple Past Used to indicate an action completed in the past. It often occurs with adverb of
time. Sometimes it is used without an adverb of time.
Used for past habits.
Eg. I played football when I was a child.
Rule:
Subject + V2 Eg She wrote a letter
1.
Assertive Sentences –
Subject + V2 + Object + (.) She wrote a letter.
2.
Negative Sentences-
Subject + didn’t + V1 + Object + (.) She didn’t.write a letter.
3.
Interrogative Sentences-
Did + Subject + V1 + Object + (?) Did she write a letter?
Past (before
now)
Past
Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Simple Past