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Tense is the form of the verb used to express the time of an action.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
A verb that refers to the present time is said to be in the present tense.
Present family consists of four members, as; The Present Indefinite, The Present Continuous,
The Present Perfect and The Present Perfect Continuous.
Examples:
I now go to school
He writes a letter.
They read a book.
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(II) The Present Continuous is used to denote an action that is going on at the time when a
statement is made.
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(III) The Present Perfect is used to denote an action that has just been completed.
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(IV) The Present Perfect Continuous is used to denote an action that started in the past and still
going on.
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A verb that refers to the past time is said to be in the past tense.
Past family consists of four members, as; The Past Indefinite, The Past Continuous, The Past
Perfect and The Past Perfect Continuous.
(I) The Past Indefinite is used to denote an action as going on at some point in past.
Examples:
He wrote a letter.
We helped the poor.
They told a lie.
(II) The Past Continuous is used to denote an action that was going on at some time in the past.
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(III) The Past Perfect is used to denote an action that has completed in past before another
action started.
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(IV) The Past Perfect Continuous is used to denote an action that finished at some definite time
in the past but that had been going in before it finished.
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A verb that refers to the future time is said to be in the future tense.
Past family consists of four members, as; The Future Indefinite, The Future Continuous, The
Future Perfect and The Future Perfect Continuous.
(I) The Future Indefinite is used to denote an action that has still to take place.
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(II) The Future Continuous is used to denote an action that will going on at some time in the
future.
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(III) The Future Perfect is used to denote an action that will be finished at some time in the
future.
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(IV) The Future Perfect Continuous is used to denote an action that will be going on in future
and not completed in future.
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(Active voice)
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Sunday day
2020 year