This document discusses the classification of tenses according to time and nature. It defines tenses as verb forms that indicate time and are used to describe actions in the present, past, or future. Tenses can be classified into three main categories based on time - present, past, and future tense. Tenses are also classified according to their nature into four aspects: simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous.
3. INTRODUCTION
• THE WORD TENSE IS DERIVED FROM LATIN WORD “TENDERE” WHICH MEANS TIME.
IN GRAMMAR TENSES ARE USED TO INDICATE THE TIME OF AN ACTION OR EVENT
OR CONDITION BY THE CHANGING OF VERB FORM.
4. CLASSIFICATION OF TENSES
• TENSES CAN BE CLASSIFIED IN THREE TYPES
1. PRESENT TENSE
2. PAST TENSE
3. FUTURE TENSE
5. •PRESENT TENSE:-
PRESENT TENSE IS IS USED TO DESCRIBE DAILY TASKS, FACT AND
UNIVERSAL TRUTH. WE USE DISTANCE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING GOING
ON NOW AND THAT IS TRUE NOW AND AT ANY TIME.
•PAST TENSE:-
PAST TENSE IS USED TO INDICATE AN ACTION EVENT OR CONDITION
THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
•FUTURE TENSE:-
AS ITS NAME SUGGESTS, IT IS USED TO INDICATE THE
CONDITION, ACTION OR EVENT THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
6. CLASSIFICATION OF TENSES ACCORDING
TO ITS NATURE
TENSES ARE ALSO CATEGORISED ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE ACTION DESCRIBED BY THE VERB
THERE ARE FOUR ASPECTS OF TENSES GIVEN BELOW:-
1. SIMPLE OR INDEFINITE
2. CONTINUOUS
3. PERFECT
4. PERFECT CONTINUOUS
