can anybody explain me tenses
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Answer:
The state, or tense, of the verb explains the time of the action. There are three major tenses in English. These include past, present, and future. Each of these tenses can explain an event that occurred in the past, an event that occurs in the present, or an event that will occur in the future.
Explanation:
TenseExample Simple PresentI play basketball every week.
Present ProgressiveI’m playing basketball now.
Simple PastI played basketball yesterday.
Past ProgressiveI was playing basketball the whole evening.
Present PerfectI have just played basketball.
Present Perfect ProgressiveI have been playing basketball for 3 hours.
Past PerfectI had played basketball before mary came. Past Perfect ProgressiveI had been playing basketball when Mary came.
Future – willI will play basketball next week.
Future – going toI’m going to play basketball this afternoon.
Future ProgressiveI will be playing basketball next Sunday.
Future PerfectI will have played basketball by tomorrow.
Answer:
Tenses are used to show time reference when a particular action or activity took place. In short it is about the moment of speaking. There are three main tenses. The easy and best way to learn and understand the three types of tenses are:
Past Tense – An action that has already taken place in the past
Present – An action that is currently taking place
Future – An action that is likely to take place in the future
Before we go through the basic table that tells you about the types of tenses and the rules you need to follow, we will take a look at the three forms of verbs. The tenses are applied to the verbs (or the action word) in a sentence. For our example:
Subject (S) – ATHARVA
Verb(V) – EAT
Object (O) – APPLE
The three forms of the verb EAT are:
1st Form of Verb (V1) or Infinitive
2nd Form of Verb (V2) or Simple Past
3rd Form of Verb (V3) or Past Participle
EAT
ATE
EATEN
The rule table you must follow to apply the various tenses are:
Tenses
Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Present
S + V1 + O
S + is/am/are + ING form of V1 + O
S + has/have + V3 + O
S + has been/have been + ING form of V1 + O
Past
S + V2 + O
S + was/were + ING form of V1 + O
S + had + V3 + O
S + had been + ING form of V1 + O
Future
S + will + V1 + O
S + will be + ING form of V1 + O
S + will have + V3 + O
S + will have been + ING form of V1 + O
Based on the above rules and the subject, verb and object the easy way to write sentences will be:
Tenses
Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Present
Atharva EATS apples
Atharva IS EATING apples
Atharva HAS EATEN apples
Atharva HAS BEEN EATING apples
Past
Atharva ATE apples
Atharva WAS EATING apples
Atharva HAD EATEN apples
Atharva HAD BEEN EATING apples
Future
Atharva WILL EAT apples
Atharva WILL BE EATING apples
Atharva WILL HAVE EATEN apples