Question

What do tenses as the form of a verb help to determine?



A The time of the action

B The state of the action

C Both (A) and (B)

D The number of actions​

Answer 1

Answer:

option a is the perfect answer

Explanation:

it tells the time of action

Answer 2

The correct option is (A) The time of action.

• Tenses as verb forms help to determine when the action has happened.
• The three forms of tenses are - past tense, present tense, and future tense.
• The past tense is used to describe an action that has already taken place.

For example - I had been reading for at least a year.

• In the above example, the verb had been represents that the action (reading) started and continued till another in past

• The present tense is used to describe the action that is happening now or is in continuation.

For example- She walks to the store.

• In the above example, the present tense of the verb 'walks' tells you that 'she' is in the process of getting to the store.

• The future tense of the verb is used to determine that the action of the verb has not happened yet but is going to happen in the future.

For example - I will travel to Rome.

• In the above example the future 'will' is added to the root form of the verb 'travel' to describe the subject's plan of travel.
• Tenses do not determine the state of action. So option B is incorrect.
• The number of actions is determined by plural and singular form of words.

For example - The Baby cries at night (plural form of the verb for a singular noun)

- Babies cry at night (singular form of the verb for plural noun )

• so option D is incorrect.

hence, tenses as the form of a verb help to determine(A) The time of the action

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