Please give me a tense rule chart in easy way
Dear student,
There is a detailed description about tenses provided on the Website. Kindly refer to the Website for the same.
However, given below are some tips.
The verb that refers to an action in present time is said to be in present tense. The verb that refers to an action in past time is said to be in past tense. The verb that refers to an action in future time is said to be in future tense.
There is a detailed description about tenses provided on the Website. Kindly refer to the Website for the same.
However, given below are some tips.
Tense | Simple | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous |
Past | verb (in past form) | was/ was+ verb in -ing form | had + verb in past participle form | had/have been + verb in -ing form |
Present | verb in present form | am/ is/ are + verb in -ing form | has/ have + verb in past participle form | has / have been + verb in -ing persent form |
Future | shall / will + verb | will be/ shall be + verb in -ing form | will have + verb in past participle form | shall have been + verb in -ing form |
The verb that refers to an action in present time is said to be in present tense. The verb that refers to an action in past time is said to be in past tense. The verb that refers to an action in future time is said to be in future tense.
Thus, there are three main tenses: present, past and future.
All tenses have four forms. This can be explained as below:
In present tense:
I read. [Simple Present]
I am reading. [Present Continuous]
I have read; [Present Perfect]
I have been reading. [Present Perfect Continuous]
In sentence 1, the verb shows that the action is mentioned simply, without anything being said about the completeness or incompleteness of the action.
In sentence 2, the verb shows that the action is mentioned as incomplete or continuous, that is, still going on.
In sentence 3, the verb shows that the action is mentioned as finished, complete, or perfect, at the time of speaking.
In sentence 4, the verb is present perfect continuous as the verb shows that the action is going on continuously, and not completed at this present time.
Similarly, the forms change in past tense as:
I read; [Simple Past]
I was reading; [Past Continuous]
I had read; [Past Perfect]
I had been reading. [Past Perfect Continuous]
Also, in future tense, the forms are:
I shall/will read; [Simple Future]
I shall/will be reading; [Future Continuous]
I shall/will have read; [Future Perfect]
I shall have been reading. [Future Perfect Continuous]
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