SEQUENCE OF TENSE Rule 1 Principal clause verb

SEQUENCE OF TENSE

Rule 1 Principal clause �� verb present/future tense / Dependent clause ����� tense �� ����� • They say that they can manage it. • He will say that he was playing.

Rule 2 Principal clause �� verb past tense ��� // Dependent clause �� verb ����� past tense �� ����� • He said he would not pass. • We noticed that the electricity had gone.

• Dependent clause ������� Mother told that always speak the truth. • Dependent clause এ ক রণ /তলন পরক শ করল He didn’t pass the test because his English is not good. She had been a regular student than she is now. • Dependent clause ট Adjective Clause হল Once I met a man who loved selling paintings.

Rule 3 Clause of Time (when, until, before, after etc) �� ��� future tense ������� I will wait until you return. We should go before it rains.

1. When I ran into him on that street, he said he was going abroad for business affairs that evening. 2. Don’t you think it is time we started typing this report? 3. People who have very little practical knowledge have started struggling in their jobs. 4. I ______ quite a low grade in the English exam, so I _____ harder and harder. 5. A great deal of thought has ____ into the designing of a concert hall.