describe tenses with example
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Tense : Tense is a grammatical term in which verb describe the time of an action.
Types of tenses :
1. Present tense -Time that is now
- There is also a picture hall in my room.
- They are used in all the fields of life.
- Small lakes are found in small villages.
2. Past tense - Time that has passed
- Her husband was horrified at the idea.
- He was driving in the forest road.
- My younger brother was admitted to the hospital.
3. Future tense - Time that has yet to come
- We shall be visiting the restaurant at this time tomorrow.
- She will be in the hospital.
- I will change the system of our organization.
Each tense is further classified into four structure :
Present tense :
- Present indefinite tense
- Present continuous tense
- Present perfect tense
- Present perfect continuous tense
Past tense :
- Past indefinite tense
- Past continuous tense
- Past perfect tense
- Past perfect continuous tense
Future tense :
- Future indefinite tense
- Future continuous tense
- Future perfect tense
- Future perfect continuous tense
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1.
- ➣ Everyday we speak about things we did
- ➣ in the past, things we are doing now, and
- ➣ things we are going to do in the future. We
- ➣ do so by using verb "tenses" that indicate
- ➣ time-the past tense, the present tense,
- ➣ and the future tense. With each tense,
- ➣ we change the form of the verb (called
- ➣"conjugating" the verb) to express the
- ➣ timeline of the sentence.
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2.
- ➣ To express when things happen, we need
- ➣ to conjugate our verbs differently. Here are
- ➣ examples of the three main verb tenses, with
- ➣ the verbs in orange:
- ➣ Sally called me. Past Tense
- ➣ talked to Sally. Past Tense
- ➣ Sally calls me. Present Tense
- ➣ I call Sally. Present Tense
- ➣ Sally will call me. Future Tense
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3.
- ➣ As you now know, there are three main
- ➣ tenses in English: past, present, and future.
- ➣ But, within each tense are further types that
- ➣ help us share what we want to say more
- ➣ accurately: simple, continuous, perfect,
- ➣ and perfect continuous. So, English actually
- ➣ has many more tenses than the ones below,
- ➣ which is what makes it so hard to keep
- ➣ track of them sometimes! To begin, the
- ➣ chart below will give you an overview of the
- ➣ differences between the tenses, using the
- ➣ regular verb "walked", and the irregular verb
- ➣ I will talk to Sally. Future Tense
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