TENSES

2. Present Tense
 Simple Present
Eg: The sun rises in the east
 Present continuous
Eg: I am writing a letter
 Present Perfect
Eg: He has seen that film.
 Perfect Continuous
He has been working in the office since 1994.

3. Past Tense
 Simple Past
My grandfather died last year.
 Perfect Continuous
He was talking all the morning
 Past perfect
The train had left by the time I reached the station.
 Perfect continuous
I had been reading for hours before he came.

4. Future Tense
 Simple Future
We shall meet before Christmas.
 Future Continuous
They will be taking rest after the day’s labour.
 Future Perfect
He will have left his office before you reach there.
 Future Perfect Continuous
By next March I shall have been working in the office
for seven years.