There are three tenses
1. Past tense
2. Present tense
3. Future tense
These three tenses have four sub-parts. They are as follows-
1. Simple tenses
2. Continuous tenses
3. Perfect Continuous tenses
PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The present tense is used to describe events that are scheduled (by nature or by people): "High tide is at 3:15 p.m. The Super Bowl starts at 6:15 p.m."
The present tense can be used to suggest the past with what is sometimes called the fictional (or historic) present: "We were watching the back door when, all of a sudden, in walks Dierdre." With verbs of communicating, the present tense can also suggest a past action: "Dierdre tells me that she took her brother to the dentist." Most oddly, the present tense can convey a sense of the future, especially with verbs such as arrive, come, and leave that suggest a kind of plan or schedule: "The train from Boston arrives this afternoon at two o'clock."
PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE TENSE
The Present Continuous Tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense and -ing form of the base verb (going, eating, jumping etc.): For example-
He is writing a letter to the authorities .
She is cooking .
Mohit is being a really good boy these days.
The present progressive can suggest that an action is going to happen in the future:
For example-
The team is arriving in two hours.
He's moving to Portland this summer.
Because the present progressive can suggest either the present or the future, it is usually modified by adverbs of time.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
These three tenses have four sub-parts. They are as follows-
1. Simple tenses
2. Continuous tenses
3. Perfect Continuous tenses
PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The Simple Present Tense uses the verb's base form (write, work), or, for third-person singular subjects, the base form plus an -s ending (he writes, she works).
The PRESENT TENSE indicates that an action is continued. Generally, it is used to describe actions that
are factual or habitual. Things that occur in the present but that are
not necessarily happening right now: "It rains a lot in Portland" is a kind of timeless statement. Compare that to the present continuous/progressive tense -- "It is raining in Portland" -- which means that something is, in fact, going on right now. "I use
my bike to get around town." is in the present, but I'm not actually on
my bike right now. The present tense is used to describe events that are scheduled (by nature or by people): "High tide is at 3:15 p.m. The Super Bowl starts at 6:15 p.m."
The present tense can be used to suggest the past with what is sometimes called the fictional (or historic) present: "We were watching the back door when, all of a sudden, in walks Dierdre." With verbs of communicating, the present tense can also suggest a past action: "Dierdre tells me that she took her brother to the dentist." Most oddly, the present tense can convey a sense of the future, especially with verbs such as arrive, come, and leave that suggest a kind of plan or schedule: "The train from Boston arrives this afternoon at two o'clock."
PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE TENSE
The Present Continuous Tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense and -ing form of the base verb (going, eating, jumping etc.): For example-
He is writing a letter to the authorities .
She is cooking .
Mohit is being a really good boy these days.
The present progressive can suggest that an action is going to happen in the future:
For example-
The team is arriving in two hours.
He's moving to Portland this summer.
Because the present progressive can suggest either the present or the future, it is usually modified by adverbs of time.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
- The Present Perfect Tense
is formed with a present tense form of "to have" plus the past
participle of the verb. This tense indicates either that an action was completed
(finished or "perfected") at some point in the past or that the action
extends to the present, For example-
- I have finished my work.
- She has qualified CTET exams. [but that was some time ago].
- Teachers have accepted that Renuka is very talented girl.
- PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
