write down different types of tenses and their form with example.
Answers
Explanation:
Tense Example
Simple Past I played basketball yesterday.
Past Progressive I was playing basketball the whole evening.
Present Perfect I have just played basketball.
Present Perfect Progressive I have been playing basketball for 3 hours.
Answer:
Tenses play a crucial role in the English language. It denotes the time an action takes place, whether sometime in the past, in the present or will take some time in the future.
Simple
Played (verb+ed)
Plays (verb+s)
will/shall play (will/shall+verb)
Perfect
had played (had+past participle)
has/have played (has/have+past participle)
will/shall have played(will/shall+past participle)
Continuous
was/were playing(was/were+verb+ing)
is/am/are playing(is/am/are+verb+ing)
will/shall be playing(will/shall be+verb+ing)
Perfect Continuous
had been playing (had been+verb+ing)
has/have been playing(has/have been+verb+ing)
will/shall have been playing(will/shall have been+verb+ing)