“50 Golden Rules of English Tenses” — simple, practical, and easy to remember 👇 --- 🌟 50 Golden Rules of English Tenses 🔹 1–5: Basic Foundation 1. Every sentence must have a verb (action or state). 2. Tense shows the time of an action (Present, Past, or Future). 3. Aspect shows whether the action is simple, continuous, perfect, or perfect continuous. 4. Total tenses = 12 forms (4 in each time: Present, Past, Future). 5. Time words (now, yesterday, tomorrow, etc.) help identify tenses. --- 🔹 6–10: Simple Tenses 6. Present Simple → For facts, habits, and routines. 👉 He plays cricket every day. 7. Past Simple → For finished actions in the past. 👉 He visited Lahore yesterday. 8. Future Simple → For decisions made at the moment of speaking. 👉 He will go tomorrow. 9. Use 1st form of verb + s/es with he/she/it in Present Simple. 10. Use did + base verb in negative and question forms of Past Simple. --- 🔹 11–15: Continuous (Progressive) Tenses 11. Present Continuous → Action happening now. 👉 He is reading a book. 12. Past Continuous → Action was happening in the past. 👉 He was reading when I called. 13. Future Continuous → Action will be happening at a future time. 👉 He will be reading at 5 PM. 14. Continuous tense always uses “be” (is/am/are/was/were/will be) + -ing verb. 15. Never use stative verbs (like know, love, believe) in continuous form. --- 🔹 16–20: Perfect Tenses 16. Present Perfect → Action completed just now or has relevance to present. 👉 He has finished homework. 17. Past Perfect → Action completed before another past action. 👉 He had eaten before I came. 18. Future Perfect → Action will be completed before a future time. 👉 He will have finished by 10 PM. 19. Perfect tense = have/has/had/will have + past participle (3rd form). 20. Use already, just, yet, ever, never, since, for with perfect tenses. --- 🔹 21–25: Perfect Continuous Tenses 21. Present Perfect Continuous → Action started in past and still continuing. 👉 He has been studying for 2 hours. 22. Past Perfect Continuous → Action continued up to a point in past. 👉 He had been working since morning. 23. Future Perfect Continuous → Action will continue up to a point in future. 👉 He will have been working for 5 years by next month. 24. Formula: has/had/will have been + verb-ing. 25. Use for (duration) and since (starting point) with continuous perfect tenses. --- 🔹 26–30: Common Signal Words 26. Present Simple → always, usually, often, every day. 27. Present Continuous → now, at the moment, currently. 28. Past Simple → yesterday, last week, ago. 29. Present Perfect → ever, never, since, for, just, already, yet. 30. Future Simple → tomorrow, soon, next week. --- 🔹 31–35: Negative & Interrogative Rules 31. Do/Does/Did help form negatives and questions in simple tenses. 32. Don’t / Doesn’t / Didn’t + base verb → Negative. 33. Do / Does / Did + subject + verb? → Question. 34. Continuous & Perfect use not after helping verbs. 35. Always place helping verb before subject in questions. --- 🔹 36–40: Agreement & Consistency 36. Maintain subject–verb agreement (He runs / They run). 37. Don’t mix two tenses in one sentence unnecessarily. 38. Use same tense for connected ideas in same time frame. 39. Change tense only when the time of action changes. 40. Be consistent in storytelling (past → past, present → present). --- 🔹 41–45: Sequence of Tenses 41. If main verb is in past, subordinate clause usually takes past tense. 42. He said (past) that he was tired (past). 43. He says (present) that he is tired (present). 44. Use would instead of will in reported past speech. 45. Time expressions change: today → that day, tomorrow → next day. --- 🔹 46–50: Master Tips 46. Learn verb forms (1st–2nd–3rd) perfectly. 47. Always recognize the time word before selecting a tense. 48. Focus on action + time + continuity = correct tense. 49. Use timeline diagrams to visualize tense relationships. 50. Practice daily writing and speaking — grammar becomes natural through use.#sirsyedmeemAli #grammar #English #tenses - @sir_syed_meem_ali