Question

what are tenses ? explain their types and give examples .​

Answer 1

Tenses :-

In english language there are three types of tenses :-

• Present tense
• Past tense
• Future tense

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1. Present tense

It has 4 types :-

• Simple present tense
• $\sf\red{V_1~+s/es}$
• I study maths.

• Preset Continuous tense
• $\sf\red{Is/am/are~+~V_1~+ing}$
• I am studying maths.

• Present perfect continuous tense
• $\sf\red{has~been~/have~been+V_1~+ing}$
• I have been studying maths.

• Present perfect tense
• $\sf\red{has/have~+~V_3}$
• I have studied maths.

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2. Past tense

It has 4 types :-

• Simple past tense
• $\sf\red{V_2}$
• I studied maths yesterday.

• Past continuous tense
• $\sf\red{was/were~+~V_1~+ing}$
• I was studying maths.

• Past perfect continuous tense
• $\sf\red{had~been~+~V_1~+~ing}$
• I had been studying maths.

• Past perfect tense
• $\sf\red{had~+~V_3}$
• I had studies maths.

3. Future tense

It has 4 types :-

• Simple future tense
• $\sf\red{will/shall~+~V_1}$
• I will study tomorrow.

• Future continuous tense
• $\sf\red{will~be/shall~be~+~V_1~+~ing}$
• I will be studying maths.

• Future perfect continuous tense
• $\sf\red{Will~have~been/shall~have~been~+~V_1~+~ing}$
• I will have been studying maths.

• Future Perfect tense
• $\sf\red{will~have/shall~have~+~V_3}$
• I will have studied maths.

Answer 2

Required Answer :

Tense is the form of a verb that shows the time something happened, or is going to happen$.$

There are 3 tenses :

• Past Tense
• Present Tense
• Future Tense