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Future


                   Tomorrow, Beena will stay with her sister at home.
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                 Here, the verb will stay tells us the time of the action, that is future.


          Read the sentences given below and observe the changes in tenses.

                        Present (today)             Past (yesterday)           Future (tomorrow)


                          Karan sleeps.               Karan slept.                 Karan will sleep.


                          I write.                    I wrote.                     I will write.


          Each tense has four forms:

                 1.     Simple                       2.     Continuous

                 3.     Perfect                      4.     Perfect Continuous


          Read the table carefully.


                         Simple Present                Simple Past                Simple Future

                          I eat.                      I ate.                       I will eat.


                          We play.                    We played.                   We will play.


                          You buy.                    You bought.                  You will buy.

                          He sings.                   He sang.                     He will sing.


                          She dances.                 She danced.                  She will dance.

                          It rains.                   It rained.                   It will rain.


                          They run.                   They ran.                    They will run.



                                                      Test Yourself



          A.  Underline the verbs in the sentences given below and name their tenses. One
                has been done for you.

                                                                         simple past
                1.  The sold their house.                           __________________

                2.  Manav sings a song.                             __________________


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