Tenses
by PR Sarkar
Present Indicative 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I read you read he/she reads who reads Plural we read you read they read who read?
Present Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I am reading you are reading he/she is reading who is reading? Plural we are reading you are reading they are reading who are reading?
Present Perfect 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I have eaten you have eaten he/she has eaten who has eaten? Plural we have eaten you have eaten they have eaten who have eaten? Present Perfect Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I have been reading you have been reading he/she has been reading who has been reading? Plural we have been reading you have been reading they have been reading who have been reading? Past Indicative 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I ate you ate he/she ate who ate? Plural we ate you ate they ate who ate? Past Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I was taking you were taking he/she was taking who was taking? Plural we were taking you were taking they were taking who were taking? Past Perfect 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I had eaten you had eaten he/she had eaten who had eaten? Plural we had eaten you had eaten they had eaten who had eaten? Past Perfect Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I had been eating you had been eating he/she had been eating who had been eating? Plural we had been eating you had been eating they had been eating who had been eating? Future Indicative 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I shall wash you will wash he/she will wash who will wash? Plural we shall wash you will wash they will wash who will wash? Future Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I shall be going you will be going he/she will be going who will be going? Plural we shall be going you will be going they will be going who will be going? Future Perfect 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I shall have gone you will have gone he/she will have gone who will have gone? Plural we shall have gone you will have gone they will have gone who will have gone? Future Perfect Continuous 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I shall have been going you will have been going he/she will have been going who will have been going? Plural we shall have been going you will have been going they will have been going who will have been going? Habit: used to (svabhávagata atiita – স্বভাবগত অতীত) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I used to go you used to go he/she used to go who used to go? Plural we used to go you used to go they used to go who used to go? N.B.: In English used to has no corresponding present form. [Conditional:] would (ardha samapiká atiita – অর্ধ সমপিকা অতীত) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I would go you would go he/she would go who would go? Plural we would go you would go they would go who would go? Doubt: might (dvidhátmaka atiita – দ্বিধাত্মক অতীত) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular I might have read you might have read he/she might have read who might have read? Plural we might have read you might have read they might have read who might have read? Present Imperative 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular let me do do let him/her do Plural let us do do let them do
