what are all the 12 tenses with examples and definitions.
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present tense
1. Simple present tense : When you use present simple, you are using a routine. It’s something that you always do every day, month or year. Or it’s something that you never do.
example: I eat.
2. Present continuous tense : When you use present continuous, you are referring to what is happening right now. Also, it can be an action that is not yet complete.
example : I am eating.
3. Present perfect tense: Although it’s easy to confuse this verb tense with present simple, the main difference is that the action is complete for present perfect. In other words, you are looking at the result right now without any words referring to time.
example : I have eaten.
4. Present perfect continuous tense : In this verb tense, an action starts in the past but it’s still continuing now. You have been performing the action and still are performing the action in the present.
example: I have been eating.
Past tense
1. Simple past : For past simple, it includes a finished action and time.
Example : I ate.
2. Past continuous Tense : When you use past continuous, you are often using two actions. However, one action is not finished in the past, and another is complete interrupting the other action.
example : I was eating.
3. Past perfect tense: This verb tense uses two actions at two different times. Before the second action occurs, the first action is complete.
example : I had eaten.
4. Past perfect continuous tense : For colloquial English, we don’t use past perfect continuous very often. But in text books, it’s a bit more common. This very tense has a complete action that happened before a second action. But in this case, you can describe how long.
example: I had been eating.
Future tense
1. Simple future :This verb tense is about planning things to do in the future. For example, what will you do tomorrow or next week?
Instead of using “will”, you can use “going to” for future tense. But this lesson uses “will” for the future tense.
example: I shall eat.
2. Future continuous tense : The action is not complete, when another action happens in the future. This is similar to past continuous, but it it refers to the future .
example: I shall be eating.
3. Future perfect tense: An action will be completed in the future before another is completed.
example: I shall have eaten.
4. Future perfect continuous tense : An action will be continuing in the future when it is interrupted by another action. In this future verb tense, it often includes an indication of how long the action has been happening.
example : I shall have been eating.
1. SIMPLE PRESENT
used to express
•facts that are true at the present time;ex-‘mother, you look beautiful in this dress.’
•facts and things that are always or generally true; ex- Lions and tigers hunt their prey differently from cheetahs.
•repeated or habitual actions; ex- we come here every Sunday.
•events in the future; ex- the exhibition opens next Monday.
•verbs introducing quotations from books; ex- Shakespeare says, ‘neither a borrower nor a lender be. ’
•newspaper headlines; ex- police arrest at lifter gang.
2.PRESENT CONTINUOUS (BE+ VERB WITH ENDING)
used to express
•something happening at the time of speaking;ex- I am not wearing a sweater, as it is quite warm.
•an action or a situation seen as happening for a short period;ex- I am living in the office flat these days.
• an action that happens very often;it is generally used with always;ex- He is always losing his keys. •something which has been arranged or planned in the future and is very likely to take place; ex- My uncle is arriving from the USA in the evening.
3.PRESENT PERFECT (HAS/HAVE+PAST PARTICIPLE OF VERB)
used to express
•actions completed in the past and present;ex- Vidya has travelled all over Europe.
•actions completed recently where time is not mentioned; ex- I have baked a cake. Would you like some?
•to ask for or giving information; ex- She has applied to four colleges in the US.
•an immediately completed action;used with already or just; ex- Her plane has just landed.
•with you only in Interrogative or negative sentences;ex- Have you had dinner yet?
4.PRESET PERFECT CONTINUOUS (HAS / HAVE+ BEEN+ PRESENT PARTICIPLE OF VERB)
Verbs in this tense are used to talk about an action which takes place over a period of time and lasts till the present.
EX- a. madhu and Anu have been shopping for two hours.
b. We have been waiting for the bus.
5.SIMPLE PAST
used to express
•a habitual action in the past;ex- He always carried his little typewriter with him.
•an action completed in the past at a definite time; ex- I met sudha ar the supermarket this afternoon.
6.PAST CONTINUOUS (WAS/WERE+ PRESENT PARTICIPLE OF VERB)
The past continuous tense is used to express an action or a state which occured in the past and continued for some time. It is often used with while or when.
ex- a. it was raining last night. I know this because I was studying till Very late.
7.PAST PERFECT (HAD+ PAST PARTICIPLE OF VERB)
This tense is used to refer to an event in the past which happened before another event also in the past. In the other words, when two events take place in the past, one earlier and the other later, we use the past perfect tense.
ex- The shop had are closed by the time I reached the market.