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Tenses

  The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines present tense as “the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is used of what occurs or is true at the time of speaking and of what is habitual or characteristic or is always or necessarily true, that is sometimes used to refer to action in the pas

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Types of present tense

Present Indefinite

 

Tense refers to the time frame of the action taking place and is described by using the verb. Present Indefinite Tense or Present Tense can be defined as the action that is done in the present however there is no definite time limit given to it being accomplished. Present indefinite tense can also be used to express true events, near future, habit, nature, etc.

Examples:

  • Shally loves chocolate cake.
  • Adam eats an apple every day.

The other is to talk about habitual actions or occurrences like:

  • I go to school every day.
  • Dad goes to the office every day.

Present Continuous

 “The verb form used for actions or events that are happening or developing now.”

 Examples: 

 10 Sentences Using the Present Continuous Tense

  • My mom is cooking dinner.
  • The band is playing all the classics.
  • Monica and Rachel are going on a trip tomorrow.
  • Sheethal is not practising for the final audition.
  • I am trying out something new.
  • They are not travelling to London next week.
  • Are you watching a movie tonight?

Present Perfect

 The present perfect tense is a tense used in present to indicate the action that has taken place at some specific time.  

Examples:

  • Raj has just gone out to the market.
  • The clock has just struck twelve.
  • We have gone for a walk.
  • Toby has eaten all the cookies. ( ...
  • My mother has cut her finger. ( ...
  • I have done all my homework.
  • I have been in Pune for one week.
  • Julia has completed her degree from Delhi University.

 

Present perfect continuous

 The formula for the present perfect continuous tense is has/have been + [present participle (root form of verb + -ing)]. 

Examples:

  • Raj has just gone out to the market.
  • The clock has just struck twelve.
  • We have gone for a walk.
  • Toby has eaten all the cookies. ( ...
  • My mother has cut her finger. ( ...
  • I have done all my homework.
  • I have been in Pune for one week.
  • Julia has completed her degree from Delhi University.

Types of past tense

Past Indefinite

 It tells about the action that took place and was completed in past time.

  Examples:

  • He played yesterday.
  • He went to school.
  • She didn't wash her car.
  • Rohan left the college two years ago.
  • He didn't wait for the bus.
  • Did he do hard work for his examination?

Past Continuous

 The past continuous tense is used to express an action that was in progress in the past: I was sleeping. 

  Examples:

  • It was snowing yesterday.
  • They were eating at the restaurant.
  • You were working yesterday.
  • I was studying last night.
  • I was waiting for the cab when I met Raj.
  • The children were shouting when the teacher came in.
  • It was midnight when it was raining.
  • Everyone was clapping.

Past Perfect

 The past perfect tense is a verb form used to describe a past action that occurred before another past action. 

Examples:

  • I had finished the work. ...
  • I had been working there for a year. ...
  • When George died, he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years. ...
  • She didn't want to move. ...
  • He was a wonderful guitarist. ...
  • My eighteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had. ...
  • I couldn't get into the house.

Past perfect continuous

 The past perfect continuous tense denotes an action that started in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at a certain point in the past. 

 Examples:

  • Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?
  • We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
  • It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.
  • Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

 

Types of FUTURE tense

Future Indefinite

 Future indefinite indicates that an action or occurrence has not happened yet and will take place at some point in the future. 

 Examples:

  • I shall complete my homework this evening.
  • We shall go to the picnic next week.
  • My mother will go for teacher's training tomorrow.
  • You will go for a test drive on Sunday.
  • They will come to the village for a summer vacation in the month of June.
  • It will rain tomorrow.

Future Continuous

 The future continuous tense is formed with the words will and be plus the present participle of the actionable verb.  

Examples:

 

  • I will be writing the letter tomorrow.
  • The baby will be playing the whole night.
  • I will be helping my mother to make breakfast.
  • Sheldon will be eating the cake later.
  • Penny will be running in the marathon tomorrow.
  • She will be taking her dog for a walk.

Future Perfect

 The future perfect tense is formed by using will have + past participle. 

 Examples:

  • I will have been here for six months on June 23rd.
  • By the time you read this I will have left.
  • You will have finished your report by this time next week.
  • Won't they have arrived by 5:00?
  • Will you have eaten when I pick you up?

 

Future perfect continuous

 The future perfect continuous tensse is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.  

 Examples:

  • I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
  • By 2001 I will have been living in London for sixteen years.
  • When I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
  • Next year I will have been working here for four years.

Tenses

The present tense indicates actions happening at the current moment (e.g., "I am writing")

Present tense

Present tense

Present tense


The present tense in English is used to describe actions or states that are happening now or regularly occur, without indicating past or future time Present tense is basically depend on our current condition 

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The past tense in English is used to describe actions, events, or states that have already occurred

Past tense

Present tense

Present tense

 The past tense in English is used to describe actions, events, or states that have already occurred or were completed in the past. 

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Future tense

Present tense

Future tense

 The future tense in English is used to describe actions, events, or states that will happen or are expected to happen after the current time.

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