TENSES and sequence of tenses in one.pptx

All about tenses with a little info about clauses with a assignment in the end

1. TODAY’S TOPIC

2. What are tenses??? It is a verb-based method used to indicate the time , and sometimes the continuation or completeness, of an action in relation to the time of speaking .

3. TYPES OF TENSES PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE FUTURE TENSE

4. SIMPLE PERFECT CONTINUOUS PERFECT CONTINUOUS S

5. CONTINUOUS

6. a lot

7. CONTINUOUS is

8. CONTINUOUS at the time of speaking

9. CONTINUOUS

10. CONTINUOUS begin I will be helping my mother to make breakfast.

11. CONTINUOUS begin go on

12. CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS

13. What is a Clause? A clause is a group of related words in a sentence. A clause will always contain a subject and a verb . A clause is different from a phrase.

14. Independent Clauses (Simple Sentences) express a single, complete thought. have one subject and one verb . are a complete sentence Independent clauses are also main clauses. Subject + Verb = Complete Thought

15. Independent Clauses Examples: She was happy. He drew a snowflake. My cat likes to play. She napped peacefully. She napped . Independent clauses do not have to be long to be complete. This sentence is just two words long. Since it contains a subject and a verb and is a complete thought, it is an independent clause and a complete simple subject!

16. Dependent Clauses Like independent clauses, dependent clauses also contain a subject and a verb . However, dependent clauses DO NOT express a complete thought.

17. Dependent Clauses Dependent clauses are usually indicated by a marker word . Example: While we held the door… What happened while we held the door? After eating dinner… What happened after dinner? These dependent clauses are not complete thoughts.

18. Dependent Clauses The marker word is usually added to the beginning of an independent clause. This turns it into a dependent clause. Example: We ate dinner. (independent clause) Once we ate dinner… (dependent clause) marker word

19. Review Clauses have a subject and a verb . Independent clauses are simple sentence that complete a single thought. Dependent clauses do not complete a thought. Dependent clauses begin with a marker word.