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Tense
Tenses indicate the time and state of an action or event in relation to the time of speaking. There are three main tenses - present, past, and future - which can be further specified by mood, aspect, and other categories such as definite or indefinite, completed or not completed. Common aspects include the continuous and perfect forms. For example, the present continuous tense ("is playing") indicates a current ongoing action, while the past perfect tense ("had played") emphasizes that one past action was completed before another past action.
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Tense
- 2. A TENSE maybe defined as that form of a verb which indicates the time and the state of an action or event. OR In grammar, an inflected form of a verb indicating the time of a narrated event in relation to the time at which the narrator is speaking. Time is often perceived as a continuum with three main divisions, past, present, and future, defined in relation to the time when the event is described. Other categories, including mood and aspect, may further specify the action as definite or indefinite, completed or not completed, lasting or non lasting, and recurring or occurring once.
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- 4. • Indefinite • Continuous •Perfect • Perfect Continuous • Indefinite • Continuous • Perfect • Perfect Continuous • Indefinite • Continuous • Perfect • Perfect Continuous
- 5. Tense Indefinite ContinuousPerfect Perfect Continuous Present He Plays He is playing He has Played He has been Played Past He played He was playing He had Played He had been Played Future He will Play He will be playing He will have Played He will have been Played
- 7. This tense isgenerally used to donate ‘ habit, custom, practice, repeated action, permanent activity, general truth ’ etc. He goes to school.
- 8. 2. This tense isnormally used for an action in progress that is temporary in nature (not for a permanent activity) in the present time of speaking. She is not swimming.she is working on computer.
- 9. This tense isa mixture of present and past. At the time of speaking the action is already complete in the past. It always implies a strong connection with the present though action took in the past. He has played.
- 11. This tense isused for a pasthabit, indicated generally by- ‘Often, seldom, normally, usually, occasionally, sometimes, never, always, rarely, used to, would’ etc. I used to go to Delhi by car
- 12. I. This tenseis chiefly used for past action in progress. II. It is also used for a definite arrangement for future in the past. It was still raining when I reached there. He was leaving that night.
- 13. This is usedwhen out of two action it is necessary to emphasize that the preceding action was completely finished before the succeeding action started. He had finished his work.
- 15. This tense expressesan action that is to take place in future. For ex: ‘Soon, shortly, in a few moments, tomorrow, presently (soon), next year/month/week ’ etc. indicates future action. Ritu will take examination next month. They will come here shortly.
- 16. I. This tenseis used to express an action that will be in progress with a point of time in future. II. And also used to express the future indefinite tense or definite future arrangement For example :- She will be waiting for me when I reach her home. They will be playing a match.
- 17. I. This tenseis used when out of two actions it is necessary to emphasize that the preceding action will be completely finished before the succeeding acton starts in future. II. It is also used to express time expression. She will have already prepared food when I reach home. He will have suffered a lot by now since his birth.