Tenses 1

TENSES
 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.
 Tenses implies the use of a verb, phrasal verb
or verb phrase to show the time of an action or
to show the state expressed by such a verb or
phrasal verb or verb phrase.
TYPES OF TENSES
 Simple Present Tense
 This indicates an action that is generally true or
habitual. The tense is used to denote the following:
 A habitual action for instance, ‘He walks to school’
 General truths for instance; ‘The sun rises in the
East’; ‘Honesty is the best policy’.
 A future event that is part of a fixed timetable for
instance; ‘The match starts at 9 o’clock’.
 Note; the form of simple present tense is
verb( infinitive without ‘to’ and agreement with
the subject).
 Present Perfect Tense
 This indicates an action that has been completed
sometimes before the present moment, with a
result that affects the present situation.
 For example: "He has finished the work.
 "He has slept."
 Note: The form of Present Perfect Tense is-
has/have + verb (past participle form or 3rd form
of the verb)
 3) Present Continuous Tense
 This indicates an action that is taking place at
the moment of speaking. For example:
 "She is walking."
 "I am studying."
 Note: the form of Present Continuous Tense is-
is/am/are + verb+ing
 Present Perfect Continuous Tense
 This indicates an action that started in the past
and is continuing at the present time.
 For example, "He has been sleeping for an
hour."
 Note: The form of Present Perfect Continuous
Tense is- has/have + been + verb + ing
 PAST TENSE
 1) Simple Past Tense

 This indicates an action took place before the present
moment and that has no real connection with the present
time. For example,
 "He danced in the function."
 (The action took place in the past, is finished is completely
unrelated to the present)
 "He flew to London yesterday."
 Note:
 The verb 'flew' is an irregular verb which does not take 'ed'
in the past tense like regular verbs.
 The form of Simple Past Tense is verb + ed
Past Perfect Tense
 This indicates an action in the past that had

been completed before another time or event in
the past.
 For example; He had exercised before it started
to rain
 He had slept before I came back from the
market
 Note: the form of past perfect tense is had+verb
(past participle form)
 3 Past Continuous Tense
 This indicate an action going on at some times
in the past or an action in the past that is longer
in duration than another action in the past.
 For example; it was getting darker
 The light went out while they were reading
 Note; the form of Past Continuous Tense is
was/were+ verb +ing
 Past Perfect Continuous Tense
 This indicates an action in the past that took
place before another time or event in the past
and continuous during the second event/time
point in the past. For example;
 At that time, he had been writing a novel for
two months
 He had been exercising when I called
 Note; the form of Past Perfect Continuous
Tense is had+been+verb+ing
 FUTURE TENSES
 1) Simple Future Tense
 Indicates an action that will take place after the
present time and that has no real connection
with the present time. For example:
 "She will visit her ailing grandmother soon."
 "He will walk home."
 Note:
 The form of Simple Future Tense is will/shall +
verb

 Future Perfect Tense
 This indicates an action in the future that will
have been completed before another time or
event in the future. For example:
 "By the time we arrive, he will have studied."
 Note:
 The form of Future Perfect Tense is-will/shall
have + verb(past participle form or 3rd form of
the verb)
 Future Continuous Tense
 This indicates an action in the future that is
longer in duration than another action in the
future.
 For example:
 "He will be walking when it starts to rain."
 Note: The form of Future Continuous Tense is-
will/shall be + verb + ing
 Future Perfect Continuous Tense
 This indicates an action in the future that will
have been continuing until another time or
event in the future. For example:
 "He will have been exercising an hour at 2:00."
 Note: The form of Future Perfect Continuous
Tense is will/shall have been + verb + ing
 IN CONCLUSION
 Tenses is the answer to wrong/grammatical
errors faced by students. To solve this,
attention should be given to concord and
tenses.

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TENSES

 Tenses play a crucial role in the English

 1) Simple Past Tense

 This indicates an action in the past that had

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