The Verb: Tenses
Tenses and their forms
Read the following sentences:
1. I write this letter.
2. I wrote the letter.
3. I shall write a letter.
In sentence 1, the verb right refers to the present time. The verb that refers to the present time is said to be in the Present Tense.
In sentence 2, the verb wrote refers to the past time post of the verb that refers to the past time is said to be in the Past Tense.
In sentence 3, the verb shall right refers to the future time. The word that refers to the future time is said to be in the future tense.
Tense means time- Present, Past and Future time.
Thus there are three main tenses the Present, the Past, the Future.
Each tense has four forms Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous as shown below:
Present Simple: I write.
Past Simple: I wrote.
Future Simple: I shall write.
Present Continuous: I am writing.
Past Continuous: I was writing.
Future Continuous: I shall be writing.
Present Perfect: I have written.
Past Perfect: I had written.
Future Perfect: I shall have written.
Present Perfect Continuous: I have been writing.
Past Perfect Continuous: I had been writing. Future Perfect Continuous: I shall have been writing.
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