Question

Write an essay on TENSES in English grammar
with examples

Answer 1

Past (simple) tense: Sarah ran to the store.
Present (simple) tense: Sarah runs to the store.
Future (simple) tense: Sarah will run to the store

Perfect tense uses the different forms of the auxiliary verb ‘has’ plus the main verb to show actions that have taken place already (or will/may still take place). Here’s the above example sentence in each tense, in perfect form:

Past perfect: Sarah had run to the store.
Present perfect: Sarah has run to the store.
Future perfect: Sarah will have run to the store.

In the past perfect, Sarah’s run is an earlier event in a narrative past:

Sarah had run to the store many times uneventfully so she wasn’t at all prepared for what she saw that morning.

You could use the future perfect tense to show that Sarah’s plans will not impact on another event even further in the future. For example:

Sarah will have run to the store by the time you get here so we won’t be late.

(You could also say ‘Sarah will be back from the store by the time you get here so we won’t be late.’ This is a simpler option using the future tense with the infinitive ‘to be’.) Here are some tips for using the tenses in a novel:

Answer 2

Simple Present Tense

Structure: Base verb (+ es/es for third person):

Example: 1) I play game every day. 2) He studies in school.

Present Continuous Tense

Structure: is/am/are + present participle:

Example: 1) I am playing game. 2) He is studying in college.

Present Perfect Tense

Structure: Has/have + past participle:

Example: I have finished my home work.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: Has/have + been + present participle:

Example: 1) I have been finishing my home work for the last two hours.

2) He has been studying in school since his childhood.

simple past tense


Structure: Verb+ed or irregular verb:

Example: 1) You played the game. 2) He read the newspaper.

Past Continuous Tense

Structure: Was/were + present participle:

Example: 1) I was reading newspaper. 2) He was going to Karachi.

Past Perfect Tense

Structure: Had + past participle:

Example: 1) I had finished my home work. 2) He had completed his task.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: Had + been + past participle:

Example: 1) I had been finishing my home work for 50 minutes.

2) He had been playing game since morning.

Simple Future Tense

Structure: Will/shall+verb

Example: 1) I shall go to my home town. 2) He will complete his task.

Future Continuous Tense

Structure: Will be + present participle

Am/is/are + going to be + present participle:

Example: I will be watching the news at 9pm. / I am going to be watching the news at 9pm.

Future Perfect Tense

Structure: Will have + past participle

Am/is/are + going to have + past participle

Example: I will have played the game. / I am going to have played the game.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: Will have been + present participle

Am/is/are + going to have been + present participle:

Example: I will have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me. / I am going to have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me.