Notes on different types of tenses in english grammar
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TENSES
Tense is divided into three main tenses:
1.Present
2.Past
3.Future
Each of these is further divided into four types of tense:
1.Simple/Indefinite
2.Continuous
3.Perfect
4.Perfect Continuous
Henceforth, making up 12 tenses ( 3 x 4 )
Hoping that you don't need to be described any further about this, let's move into our target, your question's answer.
Mind that we are taking about active voiced sentences
Also, Object and other additional parts of speech may or may not be present in the sentences.
Present Tense
Indefinite
STRUCTURE : S + (does/ do)* + V1 + s/es (if the subject is plural then these aren't required) + O + P
NOTE: does / do are used as helping verbs only in negative and interrogative sentence otherwise they are also used as main verb. Like,
◾Ram does his work. ('does' here is used as main verb)
◾ Ram doesn't go to school. ('does' here is used as helping verb)
EXAMPLE: Sheena goes to school ( So simple, isn't it?!)
Continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (is/are/am) + V1 + ing + O + A
EXAMPLE: Ramya is annoying her sister.
Perfect
STRUCTURE : S + (has/have) + V3 + O + A EXAMPLE: Riverdale has become one of the most popular shows of CW Comics. (hehe..)
Perfect continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (has/have) + been + V1 + ing + O + since/for + (Portion mentioning time/duration)*
EXAMPLE: People have been obsessed with Angelina Jolie for a long time.
NOTE: It is important to mention time/ duration in perfect continuous sentence.
Past Tense
Indefinite
STRUCTURE : S + (did)* + V2 + O + A
NOTE: did is used as helping verb only in negative and interrogative sentence otherwise it is also used as main verb. Like,
Ram did his work. ('did' here is used as main verb)
Ram didn't go to school. ('did' here is used as helping verb)
EXAMPLE: Sheena goes to school ( So simple, isn't it?!)
Continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (was/were) + V1 + ing + O + A
EXAMPLE: Ramya was annoying her sister.
Perfect
STRUCTURE : S + (had) + V3 + O + A
EXAMPLE: Selena Gomez had Justin Bieber as her boyfriend for a really long time. (hehe..)
Perfect continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (had) + been + V1 + ing + O + since/for + (Portion mentioning time/duration)*
EXAMPLE: People had been obsessed with Kristen Stewart for a long time.
NOTE: It is important to mention time/ duration in perfect continuous sentence.
Future Tense
Indefinite
STRUCTURE : S + (will/shall) + V1 + O + A EXAMPLE: I will tell you my secrets if you make me the brainliest answerer. (hehe, just joking)
Continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (will/shall) +be+ V1 + ing + O + A
EXAMPLE: Ramya will be working hard from now.
Perfect
STRUCTURE : S + (will/shall) + have + V3 + O + A
EXAMPLE: Selena Gomez will have married Justin Bieber if she succeeded in making out with him again. (hehe..)
Perfect continuous
STRUCTURE : S + (will/shall) + have + been + V1 + ing + O + since/for + (Portion mentioning time/duration)*
EXAMPLE: People will have been obsessed with Kristen Stewart if she makes out for another Twilight movie.
NOTE: It is important to mention time/ duration in perfect continuous sentence.