Tenses explained in PPT

2. Introduction
• The word Tense is derived from the latin word
“tempus” which means time. A verb indicates
the time of an action, event or condition by
changing it’s form.

3. Categorization
Tenses
Present
Past
Future

4. Aspects
• It refers to the nature of the action described by the verb.
Indefinite/Simple
It describes an action but do not state whether the action is finished.
Continuous/Progressive
It describes an unfinished action
Perfect/Complete
It describes a finished action
Perfect Continuous
It is used to combine the complete and the incomplete tenses to describe an
action which was in progress and then finished

5. Present
Tenses
Past
Future
Present Indefinite/Simple
Continuous/Progressive
Perfect/ Complete
Perfect Continuous

6. Past
Tenses
Present
Future
Past
Indefinite/Simple
Continuous/Progressive
Perfect/ Complete
Perfect Continuous

7. Future
Tenses
Past
Present
Future
Indefinite/Simple
Continuous/Progressive
Perfect/ Complete
Perfect Continuous

8. Rules
Simple
Forms
Continuous
Forms
Perfect
Forms
Perfect
Continuous
Forms
Present V1 form+s/es Am/is/are+V1
form+ ing
Have/has + V3
form
Have been /has
been + V1
form+ ing
Past V2 form Was/ were+V1
form + ing
Had+V3 form Had been+ V1
form+ ing
Future Will/shall+V1
form
Will be/Shall
be+ V1 form +
ing
Will have/ shall
have+ V3 form
Will have been/
Shall have been
+ V1 form+ ing

9. Examples
Simple
Forms
Continuous
Forms
Perfect
Forms
Perfect
Continuous
Forms
Present I play I am playing I have played I have been
playing
Past I played I was playing I had played I had been
playing
Future I will play I will be plying I will have
played
I will have been
playing