📘 Chapter:
Simple, Continuous, Perfect Tense Forms
(Use for Grammar + Spoken English
Practice)
🧭 Overview:
Every tense (Present, Past, Future) has 3 important forms:
Form Type |
Hindi Meaning |
Use |
Simple |
सामान्य काल |
To
express facts, habits, or completed actions |
Continuous |
चालू काल |
To
show an action in progress |
Perfect |
पूर्ण काल |
To
show a completed action (with result/effect) |
🟢 1.
SIMPLE TENSE (साधारण काल)
✅ Structure:
·
Present: Subject + V1
·
Past: Subject + V2
·
Future: Subject + will + V1
📝 Examples:
Tense |
Sentence |
Hindi |
Present
Simple |
I eat
food. |
मैं खाना खाता हूँ। |
Past
Simple |
I ate
food. |
मैंने खाना खाया। |
Future
Simple |
I will
eat food. |
मैं खाना खाऊँगा। |
🔍 Use:
·
रोज़मर्रा की आदतें
·
Universal truths
·
Completed actions (past)
🟡 2.
CONTINUOUS TENSE (अपूर्ण चालू काल)
✅ Structure:
·
Present: Subject + is/am/are +
V1+ing
·
Past: Subject + was/were +
V1+ing
·
Future: Subject + will be +
V1+ing
📝 Examples:
Tense |
Sentence |
Hindi |
Present
Continuous |
I am
eating food. |
मैं खाना खा रहा हूँ। |
Past
Continuous |
I was
eating food. |
मैं खाना खा रहा था। |
Future
Continuous |
I will
be eating food. |
मैं खाना खा रहा होऊँगा। |
🔍 Use:
·
जो काम अभी या उस समय हो रहा है
·
Background actions
·
Future actions in progress
🔵 3.
PERFECT TENSE (पूर्ण काल)
✅ Structure:
·
Present: Subject + has/have +
V3
·
Past: Subject + had + V3
·
Future: Subject + will have +
V3
📝 Examples:
Tense |
Sentence |
Hindi |
Present
Perfect |
I have
eaten food. |
मैं खाना खा चुका हूँ। |
Past
Perfect |
I had
eaten food. |
मैंने खाना खा लिया था। |
Future
Perfect |
I will
have eaten food. |
मैं खाना खा चुका होऊँगा। |
🔍 Use:
·
जब काम पूरा हो चुका हो,
पर उसका असर अभी है
·
Two past actions (Past Perfect)
·
Future deadline तक कोई काम पूरा
होगा
🎯 Compare All Three (Same Example):
Type |
Present |
Past |
Future |
Simple |
I eat. |
I ate. |
I will
eat. |
Continuous |
I am
eating. |
I was
eating. |
I will
be eating. |
Perfect |
I have
eaten. |
I had
eaten. |
I will
have eaten. |
📝 Practice Exercise:
Convert into Present / Past / Future:
1. He
writes a letter.
2. She
is cooking food.
3. They
have finished the work.
Your Practice:
·
Turn these into past and future forms (simple,
continuous, perfect)
Want me to check your answers?
📚 Summary Table (Full Overview):
Tense Type |
Simple |
Continuous |
Perfect |
Present |
I eat |
I am
eating |
I have
eaten |
Past |
I ate |
I was
eating |
I had
eaten |
Future |
I will
eat |
I will
be eating |
I will
have eaten |
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