Grammar

Grammar is the integral part of all the courses, combined with learning of vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation and stress to effectively communicate the meaning of your expressions. Clarity of speech and writing are accentuated with the knowledge of how all these elements are naturally made to work for you.

Why do we learn tenses?

Tenses form the framework in all our expressions. It is embellished by appropriate vocabulary which makes the sentence understandable and coherent for others. We will try one gap fill exercise to refresh the tenses

1. Marian always ------ countryside life just like her parents. (is enjoying, enjoys, was enjoying)
2. My sister ------------ an eye for detail which makes her a good designer. (has , had, have)
3. Sam --------- his old friend in Delhi next Thursday.( is meeting, would meet, will meet)
4. Oranges ---------- in this time of the year ( are harvested, have been harvested, were being harvested)
5. Ever since the appointment of the new manager meetings --------- in a state of disarray (were, had been, have been)
6. The black panther ---------- out of the zoo by the time we went there.( has gone, had gone, went)
7. The stage show ---------- at 10.30 when the next set of performers start coming in. (will have finished, has finished, will have been finished)

Answers
1. enjoys
2. has
3. is meeting
4. are harvested
5. have been
6. had gone
7. will have been finished

Present perfect tense is considered the most confusing factor for second language learners.
recently, yet, so far, so long, until now, ever, never, once, many times, several times are the ''time words'' usually used along with this tense.

He hasn't stayed in New Zealand so far.

The meeting has been rescheduled many times this week. (passive of present perfect)

An assignment has been handed over to the Professor recently.

In these sentences we find that the focus is in the present with what has happened in the past till the point of time of talking.

Present perfect is also useful in updating things especially in the news reading scenario there is a lot of present perfect being used.

The storm has moved northwards, to the colder parts of the country creating havoc with the lives of people who had already been in a cold spell for the past one month.

You could start learning basic sentences in present perfect and apply them in complex sentences. For further guidelines attend our onsite classes.