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What are Tenses in English Grammar?

A tense in English grammar helps us to express when an action or event happens. There are three main types of tenses:

  1. Present Tense- denotes actions that are happening now or regularly.
  2. Past Tense- Denotes the actions that have already happened.
  3. Future Tense- Denotes the actions that will happen later.

Each of these tenses has 4 forms, making it 12 main tense rules in English Grammar.

Present simple

Use the base form of the verb.        (add ‘s’ or ‘es’ with he/she/it)

He plays with her Toy.

 NEGATIVE  -Do not / does not.

INTERROGATIVE  - Do / does + subject  + object 




   

2. Present Continuous

am / is / are + verb + ing

I am reading a newspaper.

3. Present Perfect

has / have + past participle

They have finished their homework.

4. Present Perfect Continuous

has / have + been + verb + ing

She has been playing for 1 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Tense

 

 

 

 

 

What happened before now

1. Simple Past

Verb + ed (for regular verbs)

He played cricket yesterday.

2. Past Continuous

was / were + verb + ing

They were

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