TENSES

Tense is defined as the form of verb that gives the relation

between
form of verb that gives the relation between Time and Action. Time is the
duration of work and action is the work done. Tense gives the time when the action is on There are
three phases of time
(i) time present (now)
(ii) time past (passed) (iii) time future (yet to
come) Let's consider the sentences given below
(a) Hari eats a mango. (Present) (b) Hari ate a mango. (Past) (c) Hari
will eat a mango. (Future) We can observe that each sentence given above has a
different meaning. The reason is that each sentence has a different form of verb.
These different forms of verbs are called tenses. The tense of a verb shows the time
of an action or the state of being.
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Classification of
Tenses
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(i) Present
Tenses
(ii) Past Tense (iii) Future Tense Each tense has four forms. Study the
chart given below to understand more about all tenses and their forms
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forms.
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TENSE

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Past
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[Future

– Indefinite
Indefinite
Indefinite

Continuous . Continuous
Continuous Perfect
Perfect
Perfect E L Perfect
Continuous Perfect Continuous Perfect Continuous
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TENSE CHART

Tense
Indefinite
 Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous
has been writing
have been writing
Present
· Write
writes
am writing is
writing are
writing
has written
have written

Past
wrote
had written
had been
writing

Future
shall write will write
was writing were
writing shall be
writing will be
writing
shall have written will have written
shall have been writing will have been writing
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