Question

WHAT ARE TENSES?NAME THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TENSES WITH EXAMPLE.

Answer 1

Tenes

In English the tense is use to refer time -

past,present,future

Past tense :

• Simple past tense
• Past perfect tense
• Past continuous tense
• Past perfect continuous tense

Present tense:

• Simple present tense
• Present perfect tense
• Present continuous tense
• Present perfect continuous tense

Future tense :

• Simple future tense
• Future perfect tense
• Future continuous tense
• Future perfect continuous tense

Answer 2

Tense:

The verb is used to define the action of the subject. It is defined in past, present and future tense.  The tense is used to define the verb with required time references. There are 12 major tenses.

Kinds of tenses:

Simple Tenses :

1. Present Simple

"I read book."

2. Past Simple

"I read book."

3. Future Simple

"I will read book."

Perfect Tenses :

4. Present Perfect

"I have read book."

5. Past Perfect

"I had read book."

6. Future Perfect

"I will have read book."

Continuous Tenses

7. Present Continuous

"I am reading book."

8.  Past Continuous

"I was reading book."

9. Future Continuous

"I will be reading book."

10. Present Perfect Continuous

"I have been reading book."

11. Past Perfect Continuous

"I had been reading book."

12. Future Perfect Continuous

"I will have been reading book."