What are tenses?

What are Tenses?

Tenses help in telling timing of verb.

 

It is of 3 types

1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense

 

Present Tense-  It is about activities(verbs) which are currently happening.

Past Tense-  It is about activities(verbs) which have already happened in past.

Future Tense-  It is about activities(verbs) which will happened in future

Example

1. I live in USA
2. I lived in USA
3. I will live in USA

Which tense is used in these sentences?

I live in USA

This is Present Tense

(as it is currently happening)

I lived in USA

This is Past Tense

(as it has already happened)

I will live in USA

This is Future Tense

(as it will happen in future)

12 Different Types of Tenses

These 3 tenses(Present, Past and Future)  can be further categorized into 4 types each as follows

Present Tense

1. Simple Present
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous

Past Tense

1. Simple Past
2. Past Continuous
3. Past Perfect
4. Past Perfect Continuous

Future Tense

1. Simple Future
2. Future Continuous
3. Future Perfect
4. Future Perfect Continuous

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