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Can I use want to or need to and ought to and have got to for future and past also.Am,is,are used for both present tense and regular also explain me with examples.

Teechr · Accepted Answer

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Saty932 · Answer

My classes are start at 8.00 am everyday(it is regular).
I am in india.(present tense).
I ought to be there.present simple
You ought to receive gift to night.future tense
I ought to have been there. Past imaginary
I know these things only if you know other things explain me

Fivejedjon · Answer

My classes ~~are~~ start at 8.00 am everyspaceday. present tense.
I am in iIndia. (present tense). Yes.
I ought to be there. present simple This is not present simple. 'Ought' is a modal verb,, which is not part of the tense system. The requirement could be to be there in the present or future time. Only context can tell us this.
You ought to receive a/the gift tonight (one word). future tense This is not future tense, theough the time-reference for the receiving is future.
I ought to have been there. Past imaginary It's not really imaginary. The requirement is/was real.

Remember to leave a space after punctuation marks.

Fivejedjon · Answer

Do not confuse the concepts of tense and time saty. Tense refers to the form of the verb. It is often, but not necessarily related to the time of the situation. For example, in the setence below, the verb is in the present tense, but the situation denoted is in the future:

Luke flies to Istanbul tomorrow.

The modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, ought and (sometimes), need)) are not really part of the tense system of other verbs.

Saty932 · Answer

Sir I studied in Cambridge website they said that can and may can be used to both present tense and future tense also.could and would can be used to past to future or past and some times with were or past tense verb for present tense.should/ought to for both present and future. Must for present only.i am following the eenadu news paper he also said same thing.
Is it correct or not.
You have given ex it is present tense.
Present tense can be used to future tense also when it is fixed means it will definitely happen.

Fivejedjon · Answer

saty932I studied in Cambridge website they said that can and may can be used to both present tense and future tense

Could you provide a link to where this was said?

Saty932 · Answer

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/may

Teechr · Answer

saty932 http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/may

The word "tense" isn't to be found anywhere on that page.
The words "present" and "future" refer to time, not tense.

What fivejedjon said is correct.

Fivejedjon · Answer

I followed that link. I could not find "can and may can be used to both present tense and future tense" anywhere. I did find "We use may to refer to weak possibility in the present and future", which is not the same thing. As I said before: Do not confuse the concepts of tense and time

(Crossposted with teechar. Second time today.)

Saty932 · Answer

I got clarity now I also studied those things.
I am student not teacher that's why i confused.
Thank you sir.

Can I use want to and need to for represent future.
Give me one example for these things.

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