Tenses

Tense	Structure	Example
Simple Present	S + V¹ (s/es) + O	He drives the car.
Simple Past	S + V² + O	He drove the car.
Simple Future	S + will/shall + V¹ + O	He will drive the car.
Present Continuous	S + am/is/are + V⁴ + O	He is driving the car.
Past Continuous	S + was/were + V⁴ + O	He was driving the car.
Future Continuous	S + will be + V⁴ + O	He will be driving the car.
Present Perfect	S + has/have + V³ + O	He has driven the car.
Past Perfect	S + had + V³ + O	He had driven the car.
Future Perfect	S + will have + V³ + O	He will have driven the car.
Present Perfect Continuous	S + has/have + been + V⁴ + O	He has been driving the car.
Past Perfect Continuous	S + had + been + V⁴ + O	He had been driving the car.
Future Perfect Continuous	S + will have been + V⁴ + O	He will have been driving the car.

| How to write a speech? Tips and ideas | Speech Writing |

• Do I know the format?

Speech writing or presenting a speech in front of an actual audience or listeners is influencing them and conveying the intended matter in a relevant way.

• How to start?

The type and the topic of the speech are very important to start the speech in a proper way. We should have a fair idea about the listeners so we can grab their attention, which would last long (till the end). So we must try to start the speech which suits our personality according to the topic, audience and atmosphere.

You can start it by-

1. Telling a story.

2. Telling a joke.

3. By explaining a famous statement

4. By using audio-video aids.

5. By a proverb or maxim,

6. By communicating with the audience.

7. By asking questions

8. by giving Data.

9. By revealing a secret

• What to write?

Speeches are like essays: they have an

 introduction, main body and the conclusion.

But they meant to listen and not to read. So that

 your words could help the audience to paint a 

mental image.

• How to bring quality to your speech?

To have good quality in your speech, you must have a variety of things in it. With all your good content it should have a little colour, drama, humour and emotions.

It should have anecdotes and examples which can hold the attention of the audience.

• What are the relevant thoughts, slogans, or maxim?

 Anecdotes and examples will increase the interest of the audience but to keep them involved in the speech, we must think about slogans and good thoughts of some great people some proverbs or maxims will do the best.

• What is the systematic procedure to justify and receive speech?

As told before the speech is an oral essay having an introduction, main body, and the conclusion.

•  Introduction -

We must grab the attention of the audience in the beginning.
  

• Main body  -

Tell them what you think, talk to them involve them, and keep their thinking process on with your words.

• Conclusion –

Conclude the speech with great firmness in a way that your point of view would turn into the audience’s point of view.

• What should be the size or length of speech?

Depends upon the occasion and the audience.

But for speech writing, it must have quality with good quantity.

• Which are the other elements to be included?

While writing a speech it should show the good use of language with the use of blazing words, phrases and sentence.

Change of context must be flexible which will allow the reader to go further.

Pronunciation and intonation must be worked out by the speaker in an actual speech.

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ENGLISH PROVERBS - meaning and examples

English Proverbs

1.       No use crying over spilt milk.

Meaning - One should not get upset or worry about the things already happened because one cannot change them or fix them again.

Example – I feel very sorry for not completing my higher education. But there’s no use crying over spilt milk.

2.       Blind leading the blind.

Meaning – When someone who has no proper knowledge about something is advising or giving instructions to another person who needs help.

Example – Bhargavi asked me to help her in her Hindi homework but I haven’t studied Hindi for the last 12 years.

It was like blind leading the blind.

3.Caught red-handed.

Meaning – to be caught in the middle of doing something wrong or illegal thing (eg. Crime like stealing or something else)

Example – “Do you know what happened yesterday, Jack was caught red-handed stealing the important files from the office.”

4. Haste makes waste.

Meaning - Doing something so quickly can spoil our work.

                Haste means doing something so quickly or hurriedly. If someone is doing the things hastily (trying to do the task or work too quickly) that can cause failure in the work to be done.

Example – You need to solve all the sums carefully, otherwise you have to do all these things again. After all,

 haste makes waste.

5. The house divided against itself cannot stand.

Meaning – All things will accomplish or become successful when there is unity among persons doing the task.

Example – 1. If we have so much of differences of opinion we can’t appeal for that, the house divided against cannot stand.

                  2. the students will need to form a group because the house divided against itself cannot stand.

6. Down to earth.

 Meaning – honest truthful, trustworthy and straightforward.

Example – 1) Mrs Patil, my primary teacher, was really down to earth lady.

                   2) Today, it is hard to find down to earth people.

7.  Well begun is half done.

Meaning – It is always a good thing to start working on something we want to do, instead of just thinking and daydreaming about some idea.

This beginning at the proper time can give us a lot of confidence for further work and we feel the success in our work.

Example - Teacher said that it is not too late for my studies, well begun is half done.

8.   Learn till old, live till old and there’s still one 

      third not learned.

Meaning – We must learn throughout our life. Though we learn many things throughout our life still there are many things to be learnt. This proverb  is a Chinese proverb

Example – When Sana got PG degree and was boasting about her knowledge. Her uncle told that Learn till old, live till old and there’s still one third not learned.

9.  A man is known by his friends.

Meaning – Though the person is having many good qualities, he is accompanying bad people or friends, then other people judge him by his friend’s qualities and not his.

Example – Jack's parents had doubt that their son is in some serious addiction because most of his friends are addicted. After all, a man is known by his company or friends he keeps.

10.   Time is money.

Meaning - Everyone must value time because time never comes back, so we should not waste time.

Example -   Hurry up! John, time is money.