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"The tense of a verb shows the time of an event or action."
In the English language, tenses play an important role in sentence formation. The tense refers to the time of action. It is a verb form which does this work.
A verb has three forms:
The tense of the verb tells us when an event or something existed or when a person did something.
The time of action may be in:
In English grammar, we use Present tense verbs to talk about something that is going on currently or that is true now and at any time. In other words, we use present tense to describe an event in real-time, i.e. happening at that very moment.
Types of Present Tense are:
The Simple present tense used to talk about something that is currently going on, something that is habitually performed, or a state that generally or currently exists.
The Present continuous tense is used to talk about the ongoing actions, events, or conditions that are still not finished.
The Present perfect tense is used to describe a situation or event that has already occurred but has immediate consequence.
The Present perfect continuous tense shows a situation that has started in the past and continues in the present.
In English grammar, we use Past tense verbs to indicate an action, event or condition that has happened in the past.
Types of Past Tense are:
The Simple past tense is used to indicate or describe something that happened or existed in the past.
The Past continuous tense is used to indicate an ongoing event in the past.
The Past perfect tense in a sentence or conversation describes an event that happened in the past before another event in the simple past tense was completed in the past.
The Past perfect continuous tense is used to describe actions that were going on in the past up until another action in the past happened.
In English grammar, we use Future tense to describe an event or action that has not yet happened and is expected to happen in the future.
Types of Future Tense are:
The Simple future tense is used to describes the actions that are going to happen in the near future or in the coming time.
The Future continuous tense is used to describe an action that will continue or remain in progress in the future.
The Future perfect tense is used to describe the actions that will be completed by a certain time in the future.
The Future perfect continuous tense is used to describe actions that will remain progressing until a certain time in future.
The Present Real Conditional is used to talk about what you normally do in real-life situations.
The Present Unreal Conditional Tense is used to talk about what you would generally do in imaginary situations.
The Past Conditional Tense is used to talk about unreal situations in the past.
The Future Conditional Tense is used to talk about real and possible situations in the future.
The General conditional tense is the simplest type of conditional sentence. It is used to express facts and general truths.
