English, asked by Nayanalex, 1 year ago

What is tense? how many kinds of tense are there.write the names with definition.

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Answered by Anonymous
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The verb that refers to an action in present time is said to be in present tense. The verb that refers to an action in past time is said to be in past tense. The verb that refers to an action in future time is said to be in future tense.

Thus, there are three main tenses: present, past and future.

All tenses have four forms. This can be explained as below:

In present tense:

I read. [Simple Present]

I am reading. [Present Continuous]

I have read; [Present Perfect]

I have been reading. [Present Perfect Continuous]

In sentence 1, the verb shows that the action is mentioned simply, without anything being said about the completeness or incompleteness of the action.

In sentence 2, the verb shows that the action is mentioned as incomplete or continuous, that is, still going on.

In sentence 3, the verb shows that the action is mentioned as finished, complete, or perfect, at the time of speaking.

In sentence 4, the verb is present perfect continuous as the verb shows that the action is going on continuously, and not completed at this present time.

Similarly, the forms change in past tense as:

I read; [Simple Past]

I was reading; [Past Continuous]

I had read; [Past Perfect]

I had been reading. [Past Perfect Continuous]

Also, in future tense, the forms are:

I shall/will read; [Simple Future]

I shall/will be reading; [Future Continuous]

I shall/will have read; [Future Perfect]

I shall have been reading. [Future Perfect Continuous].

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Answered by deepti262
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Answer:

A form of verb that shows if something happens in the past ,present or future.

Three types of tenses are :

present-A tense expressing an action that is currently going on or habitually performed.

past-The past tense is a grammatical tense whose function is to place an action or situation in past time.

future-A tense expressing an action that has not yet happening.

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