Tense indicates the time of an action through verb conjugation. There are three main tenses - present, past, and future. The present tense expresses current or ongoing actions. The past tense expresses completed actions in the past. The future tense expresses actions that will occur. There are also continuous and perfect tenses that provide more specificity about the completeness or ongoing nature of the action.

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

3. Present tense expresses an
unchanging, repeated, or reoccurring action or
situation that exists only now. It can also
represent a widespread truth.
Past tense expresses an action or
situation that was started and finished in the
past.
Future tense expresses an action or
situation that will occur in the future.

4. The three indefinite tenses or simple tenses
describe an action but do not state whether the action is
finished.
The three continuous tenses or incomplete tenses
describe an unfinished action.
complete tenses or perfect tenses
describe a finished action.
To combine the complete tenses and the incomplete
tenses, to describe an action which was in progress and
then finished

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12. Perfect
Simple Continuous Perfect
Continuous
Forms Forms Forms Forms
am/is/are + have/ has have/has
Ist form
Present + s / es
Ist form + + IIIrd been + Ist
ing form form + ing
was/were + had + had been +
Past IInd form Ist form + IIIrd Ist form +
ing form ing
will have will have
will/shall+ will be + Ist
Future Ist form form + ing
+ IIIrd been + Ist
form form + ing