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Tenses and its types
This document discusses verb tenses in English. It defines tenses as verb forms that indicate time and aspects such as whether an action is ongoing or completed. There are 12 possible tenses when categorizing by time (present, past, future) and aspect (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous). Each tense is defined and examples are provided, such as the present continuous ("I am playing") describing an ongoing present action. Overall, the document provides a comprehensive overview of English verb tenses, their definitions, and examples to illustrate usage.
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- 2. CONTENTS Introduction. Classificationon the basis of time frame. Classification based on aspect. Block diagram of Tenses. List of rules. Present Tense. Past Tense Future Tense List of examples
- 3. INTRODUCTION The word tenseis derived from latin word “tempus” which means time.A verb indicates the time of an action event or condition by changing its form
- 4. BASED ON TIMEFRAME The verb tenses may be catageriozed according to the time frame: Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense
- 5. DEFINITIONS OF PRESENT PAST&FUTURE TENSE Present Tense:- Present tenses represents an unchanging,repeated,reocurring situation that exist only now. E.g:- He goes to school.
- 6. DEFINITION OF PAST TENSE PastTense expresses an action or situation that was started and finished in the past E.g:- we went to school
- 7. DEFINITION OF FUTURE TENSE Futuretense expresses an action or situation that will occur in the future. E.g:- we will go to school..
- 8. BASED ON ASPECT Verbtenses may also be catagorized according to aspect.Aspect refer to the nature of of the action described by the verb. There are four aspects: Indefinite or Simple Continuous or Progressive Perfect or Complete Perfect Continuous
- 9. DEFINITION OF INDEFINITE TENSE Thethree indefinite tenses or simple tenses ,describes an action but do not state weather the action is finished or not. Rule:sub+v1st+s/es+obj E.g:- she eats mango.
- 10. DEFINITION OF CONTINUOUS TENSE Thethree continuous or incomplete tenses,or progressive tenses describes an unfinished action. Rule:-sub+h.v+iv4+obj E.g:- she is eating mango.
- 11. DEFINITION OF PERFECT TENSE Thethree complete or perfect tenses describes a finished action. Rule:sub+v3rd+obj E.g:- They played football.
- 12. DEFINITION OF PERFECT CONTINUOUS Tocombine the complete tenses and incomplete tenses,to describes an action which was in progress and then finished. Rule:sub+h.v+v4+obj E.g:- she has been eating mango.
- 13. THERE ARE TWELVE POSSIBLETENSES Present Past Future Present indefinite Present continuous Present perfect Present perfect cont Past indefinite Past cont Past perfect Past perfect cont Future indefinite Future cont Future perfect Future perfect cont
- 14. HERE IS ALIST OFRULES OF THESE TENSES Simple Forms Progressiv Form Perfect Form Perfect Progresive Form PRESENT 1ST+s/es Am/are/is +1st form+ ing Have/has+ IIIrd form Have/has been+ Istform+in g PAST Iind form Was/were+ 1st form +ing Had+IIIrd form Had been+1st form+ing FUTURE will/shall+1 ST FORM Will be/shall be+1st form+ing Will have/shall hve+IIIrd form Will have been+1st form+ing
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- 16. PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE The simplepresent is used to describe an action,event or condition that is occuring in the present at the moment of speaking or writing. E.g:- I play. He/She plays.
- 17. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE The presentcontinuous emphasize the contining nature an act,condition or event. E.g:- I am playing. He/She is playing. They are playing.
- 18. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Thepresent perfect tense is used to describe action that began in the past and continuous in the present or has just been completed. E.g:- I have played. He/She has played.
- 19. PRESENT PERFECT CONT.TENSE It isused to describe an action,event or condition that has begun in the past and continues into the present. E.g:- I/You have been eating. He/She has been eating.
- 20. PAST TENSE PAST Past IndefinitePast Cont Past Perfect Past perfect cont
- 21. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE Itis used to an action,event or condition that occurred in the past. E.G:- I played. He/She played.
- 22. PAST CONT .TENSE Itis used to describe action ongoing in the past. E.g:- I was eating. He/She was eating. They were eating.
- 23. PAST PERFECT TENSE Itis refer to action that took place and were completed in the past. E.g:- I had played. He/She had played.
- 24. PAST PERFECT CONT.TENSE It isused to indicate that a continuing action in the past began before another past action began or interrupted the first action. E.g:- I had been playing. He/She had been playing.
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- 26. FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE It isused to refer to action that will take place after the act of speaking and writing. E.g:- I shall play. He/She will play.
- 27. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE It isused to describe action ongoing in the future. The future progressive is used to refer to the continuing action that will occur in future. E.g:- I shall be playing.
- 28. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Itis used to refer to an action that will be completed sometimes in future before another action take place. E.g:- He/She will have played
- 29. FUTURE PERFECT CONT.TENSE It isused to indicate a continuing action that will be completed at specified time in the future. E.g:- I shall have been playing.
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