Name all type of tenses!
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The Past
Simple Past -
This tense is used to indicate an action that happened in the past, a definite and specific time in the past such as yesterday, last month, last tuesday, a year ago, ten years ago, etc. E.g. Ravi came to school yesterday. Verb form: the normal past form of any verb.
Past Continuous -
This tense is used to indicate a continuing event or action happening at a specific time in the past like above. E.g. It was raining heavily yesterday. Verb form: was/were +verb+ing.
Past Perfect -
This tense is used to indicate an action that happened before another event in the past, more so as an earlier event with reference to an event that occurred in the past. So, naturally, such tense must be used in those sentences only where there is at least another tense denoting a later event that ocurred in the past. E.g. The train had already departed when I reached the station. Verb form: had +past participle form of the verb.
Past Perfect Continuous -
This tense is used to indicate a continuous action that preceded an action that happened in the past. E.g. He had been travelling in Rome, when he received the bad news. Verb form: had been +verb+ing
Simple Present -
This tense is used most often to indicate some universal truth, or regular activity, or a current action, or a convincing statement, or as a phrase in apposition. E.g. Sun rises in the east. I go to school everyday. I propose that there may be a trial. It is proposed by me that there may be a trial. I, who am your king, shall lead you. Verb form: regular present form of the verb.
Present Continuous -
This is used to indicate an action that is happening in the present, or as a normal activity in the future. E.g. It is raining outside. I am going to your home tomorrow. Verb form: am/are/is +verb+ing
Present Perfect -
This is used for activities that have happened in the recent past, are complete, but is having its effect felt in the current time. E.g. I have done my homework. Verb form: has/have +past participle form of the verb
Present Perfect Continuous -
This tense is used to indicate some action that started in the recent past but is still continuing in the present. E.g. - I have been doing my homework since the last two hours. Srija has been creating a design for her new home for the last three months. Verb form: has/have been +verb+ing
The Future
Simple Future -
This is used to indicate an event that is about to happen in the future time frame. E.g. I shall go to school tomorrow. Verb form: will/shall +regular present form of the verb
Future Continuous -
This is required to indicate an action that would likely be continuing at a future time. E.g. I will be joining office from tomorrow onwards. Verb form: will/shall be +verb+ing.
Future Perfect -
This tense is used to declare a likely event that will get complete by the time another event in the future shall start. E.g. I shall have reached my home when my father shall be returning from London the next month. Verb form: will/shall have +past participle form of the verb.
Future Perfect Continuous -
This is used to indicate an action that is likely to start in the future and shall continue even later, when another action/event is supposed to happen. E.g. By this time, next year, when you are expected to be back home, I shall still have been travelling across the world. Verb form: will/shall have been +verb+ing.