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Vikram Hazarika

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Yes, all the tenses hold equal importance in competitive and entrance exams. While some tenses such as the Present Tense and Past Tense appear more frequently in English grammar questions, understanding and studying all the 12 types of tenses in English ensure better comprehension and accuracy. Various questions on fill in the blanks and setence correction, include questions on tenses. 

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Poornima Sharma

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Students can refer to the following books to study and understand the topic of complex sentences in English:

Books

Author

Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

Aamir Shaikh

"English Grammar Revision B1: 120 Sentence Transformation Exercises"

Jacqueline Melvin

Diagramming Complex Sentences: A visual Approach to English Grammar

Chandrasekar, Mira Saraswathi, A, Ramachandran

 

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Poornima Sharma

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Following are the examples of complex sentences:

After you work is done/join us at the restaurant for the dinner.

Dependent clause/Independent clause

Although she was tired/but/she went for shopping.

Dependent clause/conjunction/Independent clause

Because/ it was hot/we did not go out.

Subordinating conjunction/ Dependent clause/ Independent clause

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Poornima Sharma

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·       Understand the sentence structure. Every sentence needs to have a dependent clause, independent clause and a conjunction, to be correct and complete.

·       Use the right punctuation as per the requirement.

·       Practice writing complex sentences to solidify your understanding.

·       Read a lot. Explore different examples. This will enhance your understanding, clarity and use of sentences.

·       Listen to native speakers and focus on the usage and complex sentence s

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Poornima Sharma

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When a sentence contains one or more Dependent clauses along with multiple independent clauses, it becomes Compound Complex Sentences. Ex: Because it was raining, the children stayed inside, and they played board games.

Remember, the complex sentence only has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Ex: When the party ends, we can go home.

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Poornima Sharma

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A Complex Sentence is a combination of an independent clause (which can stand alone as a sentence) with one or more dependent clauses (which cannot stand alone). These clauses are linked using subordinating conjunctions like "because," "although," "while," "since," or relative pronouns like "who," "which," or "that". Unlike Simple Sentences, Complex Sentences are not complete in their thought until both the clauses are used.

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Anangsha Aggarwal

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Find below some examples of future perfect tense in English:

  • By next month, I will have finished this project.
  • By 2028, the band will have toured across the globe.
  • Mr. Kim will have cooked for his friend by the time they arrive.
  • I won't have made this dish by dinner.
  • I will not have saved enough money to buy concert tickets by next yest.

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Anupama Garg

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Future Perfect Tense rule is simple. Check out the future perfect tense structure explained below with the help of examples:

StructureExample
Subject + will/ shall + have + past participle (V3)
  • I will have cooked the dinner by 7 PM.
  • I will have completed my painting by next Sunday.

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Manashjyoti Srivastava

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Future perfect tense is one of the tenses used when expressing an action or event that will have been completed at a specific future time. The event/ action being referred to in the future perfect tense has a set deadline. Future perfect tense follows the following structure: will + have + past participle.

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Rachit Katariya

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Yes, 'cut' is an irregular verb, and its base, simple past, and past participle verb forms are the same.

Cut -> Cut -> Cut

Example:

  • cut vegetables everyday. (Present Tense)
  • Yesterday, I cut my finger while chopping vegetables. (Past Tense)
  • I have cut the paper in half. (Perfect Tense)

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