Junior Class 3 Answered
Q1. What is meant by shall and will?
‘Shall’ and ‘Will’ are modal auxiliaries or helping verbs. Helping verbs give additional information about the main verbs in a sentence.
Amit asked Jatin, “Shall I get your jacket?”
In the above sentence, Amit is offering help to Jatin.
I shall keep my promise.
In the above sentence, it is certain that I will stay true to what I have promised to do.
Let’s go for a movie, shall we?
In the above sentence, I am suggesting that we can go for a movie.
Q2. What is meant by longer action in present continuous tense?
He studies. (Simple Present)
He is studying. (Present Continuous)
He is studying to become a doctor. (Present Continuous showing longer action)
Q3. How do we able tole know if the sentence is simple present tense or simple present continuous tense?
The Simple Present Tense uses [VERB] + s/es in third person form
He studies.
The Present Continuous Tense uses [am/is/are] + present participle form.
He is studying.
Hope the explanation is useful.