Tenses
What are Tenses?
Tense is something which tells us when the action expressed by the verb took place. There are three main divisions of tenses.
1. Past Tense
2. Present Tense
3. Future Tense
1. Past Tense: The past tense is used to talk about actions which took place in the past.
Examples of past tense are:
2. Present Tense: The present tense is used to talk about actions which take place in the present.
Examples of present tense are:
3. Future Tense: The future tense is used to talk about actions which will take place in the future.
Examples of future tense are:
These 3 tenses are further divided into four categories each.
1. Present Tense
The present tense can be divided into four categories:
1. Simple present tense
2. Present Continuous tense
3. Present Perfect tense
4. Present Perfect continuous tense
1.1 Simple Present Tense
Examples of sentences in the simple present tense:
Examples of simple present tense are:
1.2 Present Continuous Tense:
1.3 Present Perfect Tense
The present perfect tense is never used when the time or date of the action is mentioned.
Example of present perfect tense:
1.4 Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Examples of Present Perfect Continuous Tense are:
2. Past Tense
The past tense can be divided into four categories:
1. Simple Past Tense
2. Past Continuous Tense
3. Past Perfect Tense
4. Past Perfect continuous tense
2. 1 Simple Past Tense:
The simple past tense is used to express an action which was completed at one point of time in the past.
examples of simple past tense are:
2.2 Past continuous tense:
examples of past continuous tense are:
2.3 Past Perfect Tense:
examples of Past Perfect Tense are:
The past perfect tense is never used when the time or date of the action is mentioned.
2.4 Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
examples of past perfect continuous tense are:
3. Future Tense
The future tense can be divided into four categories:
1. Simple future tense
2. Future Continuous tense
3. Future Perfect tense
4. Future Perfect continuous tense
3.1 Simple Future tense:
The simple future tense is formed by adding the modal auxiliaries „will‟, „would‟, „may‟, „shall‟ and „might‟ to the simple present tense of the main verb.
examples of simple future tense are:
3.2 Future continuous tense:
The future continuous tense is formed by adding the modal auxiliaries „will‟ or „would‟ and the progressive helping verb „be‟ to the „-ing‟ form of the main verb.
examples of Future continuous tense are:
3.3 Future Perfect tense:
The future continuous tense is formed by adding the modal auxiliaries „will‟ or „would‟ and the perfect helping verb „have’ to the participle form of the main verb.
examples of future perfect tense are:
3. 4 Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
The future perfect continuous tense is formed by the addition of the modal auxiliaries will or would; perfect helping verb have; the past participle form of progressive helping verbs (been); and the present participle (-ing) form of the main verb.
examples of Future Perfect Continuous Tense are:
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