Three Times, Four Shapes
Time is not the same as tense.
↳ Pick the time first, then the shape of the action.
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Grammar · Class 10 English · Words and Expressions
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Present Perfect
The tense that joins then to now.
*I have misplaced my ticket* (it is still missing). *Have you ever tried jackfruit chips?* (experience up to now).
↳ No yesterday, no ago, no last week.
For and Since
How long, or since when?
↳ 'Since six years' is always wrong.
What Modals Add
Same verb, different attitude.
↳ The modal tells us how the speaker sees the action.
Modal Grammar
Three rules, no exceptions but one.
↳ Break a rule and the mark goes, however right the meaning.
Mustn't and Needn't
Forbidden or unnecessary?
↳ Swapping them reverses the message.
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What you'll study, topic by topic
1
Tenses: Matching the Verb to the Time
All twelve tense forms as the board paper uses them: the present, past and future in their simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous shapes; the present perfect with for and since; the past perfect for the earli…
- Time is past, present or future; tense is the verb form. Each time combines with four aspects (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuo…
- The present simple covers habits, permanent states, general truths and timetables, and needs -s with he, she, it and singular nouns.
- The present perfect (has/have + past participle) links a past action to now and never appears with a finished time such as yesterday, last y…
~40 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Modals: Ability, Permission, Obligation and More
The modal verbs can, could, may, might, must, have to, should, ought to, will, would, shall, need and dare, chosen by what they do in a sentence: ability, permission, possibility, obligation, advice, prediction and deduc…
- Modals add the speaker's attitude to an action: whether it is possible, allowed, necessary, advisable or certain.
- A modal is followed by the base verb, never takes -s, -ing or -ed, and forms its own questions and negatives; ought is the only one followed…
- Can and could show ability; be able to supplies the missing tenses, so write will be able to, never will can.
~38 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Subject-Verb Concord: Making the Verb Agree
How a verb agrees with its subject in number: finding the true subject behind phrases like 'along with' and 'of the', subjects joined by and, the nearer-subject rule for or and neither/nor, each and every, one of and the…
- A verb agrees in number with its subject, not with the nearest noun; phrases such as of the pens, along with and as well as do not change th…
- Subjects joined by and are plural, unless they form one idea (bread and butter) or name one person (the poet and singer).
- With or, nor, either/or, neither/nor and not only/but also, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it.
~35 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
4
Reported Speech: Statements, Questions, Commands and Requests
How to report what someone said: choosing say, tell, ask or a verb such as order, request, warn or suggest; shifting the tense back and knowing when not to; changing pronouns and time and place words; and the patterns fo…
- Reported speech passes on the meaning of someone's words without quotation marks, changing the reporting verb, tense, pronouns and time and…
- Say needs no listener or takes to (said to me); tell is always followed directly by the listener (told me); said me and told that are errors…
- After a past reporting verb, tenses usually move one step back: is to was, has done to had done, did to had done, will to would, can to coul…
~40 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
5
Determiners, and the Editing and Omission Task
Articles chosen by sound, the uses of the and of no article, demonstratives, possessives and quantifiers (much, many, few, a few, little, a little, some, any, each, every, either, neither), followed by the board's editin…
- A determiner comes before a noun to show which one, whose or how much; articles, demonstratives, possessives and quantifiers are the four fa…
- A and an are chosen by sound: an hour, an MBA, an honest man, but a university, a European, a one-rupee coin.
- The marks a specific or unique noun, superlatives, and the names of rivers, seas, mountain ranges and some countries; most proper names, mea…
~40 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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225 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Choose the correct option: My grandmother ______ in this village since 1975, and she refuses to move to the city.
Beginner
A has lived
B lived
C is living
D had lived
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has lived
'Since 1975' plus a situation that is still true now calls for the present perfect.
When we reached the platform, the train ______, so we had to hire a taxi to Agra.
Intermediate
A has already left
B already leaves
C had already left
D will have already left
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had already left
Leaving came before reaching; the earlier of two past events takes the past perfect.
Which sentence uses the present perfect correctly?
Intermediate
A I have finished my project yesterday before dinner.
B She has visited her uncle in Pune last week.
C I have finished my project, so I can relax now.
D They have gone to the market two hours ago.
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I have finished my project, so I can relax now.
The present perfect cannot sit with a finished time such as yesterday, last week or ago.
Choose the verb form for the blank: Water ______ at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Beginner
A is boiling
B boils
C boiled
D has boiled
Show answer & explanation
boils
A general scientific truth takes the present simple.
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