TYPES OF TENSES

INTRODUCTION:

As we have already discussed in our previous video that Tenses and Time is primarily segmented into three portions that are:

1. Past Tense.

2. Present Tense.

3. Future Tense.

From a broad perspective, this lesson will continue to examine each tense in detail with instances and a new technique to learn tenses using instances and examples.

A tense is a verb form that communicates time.Now, Let's discuss Each of them in detail.

1. PAST TENSE: 

Definition:

The past tense refers to event that have happened in the past. The basic way to form the past tense in English is to take the present tense of the word and add the suffix -ed.

For example:

To turn the verb "walk" into the past tense, add -ed to form "walked."

2. PRESENT TENSE:

Definition:

The present tense is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time. The present tense is used for actions which are happening now.

For Example:

1.Bill writes the letters. 

2.Peter is coming to our place. 

3. FUTURE TENSE:

Definition:

In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future.

For Example:

1. I will give a speech in the program.

2. Tom will have reached the place by now.

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 SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet.

We Use the simple future to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future. It doesn’t matter if the subject is singular or plural; the formula for the simple future doesn’t change. But, There is another way to show that something will happen in the future. For suppose You are going to see what I mean. The “going to” construction is common in speech and casual writing. 

DEFINITION:

In English grammar, the simple future is a form of the verb that refers to an action or event that has not yet begun. The simple future is also used to make a prediction or to show ability, intention, or determination. Also called the future simple.

EXPLANATION:

The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty. In this case there is no 'attitude'. The simple future is used: To predict a future event like "It will rain tomorrow". The simple future is expressed by placing the helping verb will or shall (or a contracted form of will or shall) in front of the base form of a verb (e.g., "I will arrive tomorrow".

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Will / Shall + 1st Form of Verb + Object.

Example:

You will go to school.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Will / Shall + Not +1st Form of Verb + Object.

Example:

You will not go to school.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Will / Shall + Subject + 1st Form of Verb + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Will you go to school ?

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Present Perfect Progressive ( Continuous ) Tense

 PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE 

( CONTINOUS ) TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. 

This means that the action itself began in the past. However, it continues to the present and has not yet stopped. It is still occurring as the sentence is written or read. Additionally, this tense can refer to something that is a relatively new habit that has been happening for some time. In this sense, it takes on the general meaning, “lately” or “recently.”

DEFINITION:

The PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to happen. The action is usually of limited duration and has some current relevance.

EXPLANATION:

The present perfect progressive is a complicated English verb tense. It is a combination of the present progressive verb tense and the present perfect verb tense.

The present perfect progressive verb tense most often expresses actions that began in the past and continue to the present. The present perfect progressive verb tense is relatively easy to form because its components remain fairly consistent.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Has / Have + Been + Verb 1st ( ing )  + Object + Since / For .

Example:

I have been playing football since morning.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Has / Have + Not + Been + Verb 1st ( ing )  + Object + Since / For .

Example:

I have not been playing football since morning.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Has / Have + Subject + Been + Verb 1st ( ing )  + Object + Since / For + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Have I been playing football since morning?

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 PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The future perfect is a verb form or construction used to describe an event that is expected or planned to happen before a time of reference in the future, such as will have finished in the English sentence "I will have finished by tomorrow. "The future perfect tense refers to a completed action in the future. When we use this tense we are projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action that will be completed some time later than now. It is most often used with a time expression.

DEFINITION:

The future perfect tense is a tense form that can be used to represent an action or event that will be over within a particular time in the future. The action referred to in the future perfect tense has an end date or time. It  indicates actions that are complete, or finished. These actions have not yet occurred but will occur and be finished in the future.

EXPLANATION:

The future perfect tense is used to indicate a future event that has a definitive end date. For example, “Shannon will have gardened by then.” The crux of these verb tenses is that you’re pointing toward the future, but there’s a stop to it that will have occured before this hypothetical future. The future perfect is also used to express actions that occur in the future will continue beyond a certain point in the future.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Will Have + 3rd Form of Verb + Object.

Example:

John will have gone to London next month.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Will Not + Have + 3rd Form of Verb + Object.

Example:

John will not have gone to London next month.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Will + Subject + Have + 3rd Form of Verb + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Will John have been gone to London next month?

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Present Progressive (Continuous )Tense

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE ( CONTINUOUS)

TENSE

 INTRODUCTION:

In English grammar, the present progressive is a verb construction comprised of a present form of the verb "to be" plus a present participle that usually conveys a sense of ongoing action at the present time. This construction is also known as the durative aspect. The present progressive is used to describe an activity currently in progress. For example, "I am reading right now." Notice this construction is distinct from the simple present ("I read"), the present perfect ("I have read"), and the present perfect progressive ("I have been reading").The present progressive also occurs when a speaker is referring to things that are planned for the future.

DEFINITION:

The Present Progressive tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. 

Present progressive tense can also be used to describe a longer, or temporary, action in process that may, or may not, be happening right now.

EXPLAINATION:

Present progressive tense is a tense in the English language used to express the idea that something is not finished. The action is, or is not, in a state of progression. While the focus of the present progressive tense is on what is happening in the present moment, there are a few different ways this can be formed. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending).

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Is / Am / Are + Verb ( ing ) + Object.

Example:

I am reading a book.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Is / Am / Are + Not + Verb ( ing ) + Object.

Example:

I am not reading a book.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Is / Am / Are + Subject + Verb ( ing ) + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Am I reading a book?

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 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The simple present tense is when you use a verb to tell about things that happen continually in the present, like every day, every week, or every month. We use the simple present tense for anything that happens often or is factual. The simple present tense is used to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes. It is called "simple" because its basic form consists of a single word (like write or writes)

DEFINITION:

The present indefinite tense, also known as simple present tense, denotes a stative or habitual or eternally true action. Generally, simple present tense is used to indicate an action which happens – always, regularly, every day, daily, normally, at times, at present, now and then, or all the time.

EXPLAINATION:

the simple present tense form of the verb in a sentence is defined as “the tense that is used to refer to events, actions, and conditions that are happening all the time, or exists now". The present tenses of a verb are the ones that are used to talk about things that happen regularly or situations that exist at this time. The simple present tense uses the base form or the ‘s’ form of a verb, as in ‘I play tennis twice a week’ and ‘She works in a bank’.”

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + 1st form of Verb + s/es + Object.

Example:

Ahmed plays tennis.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Do/Does + Not + 1st Form Of Verb + Object.

Example:

Ahmed does not play tennis.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Do/Does + Subject + 1st Form Of Verb + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Does Ahmed play tennis?

Past Perfect Progressive ( Continuous ) Tense.

 PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of a past action before another action happened. It is used to say that an event or action is, was, or will be continually occurring (progressive) but that it is, was, or will be completed at a later time, or that it relates to a later time (perfect).

DEFINITION:

The past perfect continuous tense refers to a verb tense that we use to express that an action that began in the past and continued up to another point in the past. It is also referred to as the past perfect progressive.

EXPLAINATION:

The past progressive is formed by using the past for of the verb 'to be' as an auxiliary verb and by adding the suffix '-ing' to the main verb. The past perfect continuous tense denotes an action that started in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at a certain point in the past.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Had  Been + 4th Form Of Verb + Object + Since/For.

Example:

I had been playing since morning.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Had not been + 4th Form Of Verbs + Object + Since/For.

Example:

I had not been playing since morning.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Had + Subject + Been + 4th Form Of Verb + Object + Since/For + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Had I been playing since morning?

 PAST PERFECT TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The pluperfect, usually called past perfect in English, is a type of verb form, generally treated as a grammatical tense in certain languages, relating to an action that occurred prior to an aforementioned time in the past. The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

DEFINITION:

The past perfect tense is a verb tense used to express actions that occurred in the past that finished before another action in the past started. Because the past perfect is a part of the “perfect” tense, it expresses completed actions. That is, the action that started in the past is finished, or complete.

EXPLANATION:

The past perfect tense describes a completed activity in the past. It is used to emphasize that an action was completed before another action took place.To form the past perfect tense you use the past tense of the verb "to have," which is had, and add it to the past participle of the main verb. 

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Has/Have + 3rd form of Verb + Object.

Example:

Areej has Taken tea.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Has/Have + Not + 3rd Form Of Verb + Object.

Example:

Areej has not taken tea.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Has/Have + Subject + 3rd Form Of Verb + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Has Areej Taken Tea?

Past Progressive ( Continuous ) Tense.

 PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

The past progressive tense is difficult for many non-native speakers to master because many languages don’t have an equivalent.

The past progressive describes an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. It can be used To describe an action that started in the past and was interrupted by another action.

DEFINITION:

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb's present participle (-ing word).

EXPLAINATION:

The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past.Often, the past progressive tense is used to set the scene for another action.The past progressive tense is also known as the "past continuous tense" or the "past continuing tense".The past progressive tense can be used for describing an action that was taking place at the same time as another.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Was/Were + Verb ( ing ) + Object.

Example:

I was going to School.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Was/Were + Not + Verb ( ing ) + Object.

Example:

I was not going to School.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Was/Were + Subject + Verb ( ing ) + Object + Question Mark ( ? ).

Example:

Was I going to School?

 PAST SIMPLE TENSE

INTRODUCTION:

Past Simple Tense! When talking about an action which has happened in the past, you will need to use the past simple tense. However, before you can begin confidently using this tense, it is important to learn the rules which surround it. As with any part of English grammar, the rules of the past simple tense should be applied each time it is used in order to ensure that you are forming grammatically correct sentences. In this section, we are going to show you how to do this effectively.

DEFINITION:

The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.

EXPLAINATION:

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. Imagine someone asks what your brother Wolfgang did while he was in town last weekend.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + 2nd Form of Verb + Object.

Example:

I Played Football.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Subject + Did Not + 1st form Of Verb + Object.

Example:

I Did not play Football.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Formula:

Did + Subject + 1st Form Of Verb + Object + ?

Example:

Did I play Football?

 12 TYPES OF TENSES

INTRODUCTION:

Tense communicates an event's location in time. The different tenses are identified by their associated verb forms. There are three main tenses: past, present, and future. In English, each of these tenses can take four main aspects: simple, perfect, continuous (also known as progressive), and perfect continuous. In total, there are 12 verb tenses in English, plus conditional tenses that talk about an action that may or did not happen. There are a few tenses in English that are very rarely used nowadays, like the future perfect and future perfect continuous.

Here is a list of 12 Types of Tenses which are used in English. Let's discuss them one by one by the sequence of past, present and future.

PAST TENSE:

The four Aspects of past tense are:

1. Past Simple Tense.

2. Past Progressive Tense.

3. Past Perfect Tense.

4. Past Perfect Progressive Tense.

PRESENT TENSE:

The four Aspects of present tense are:

1. Present Simple Tense.

2. Present Progressive Tense.

3. Present Perfect Tense.

4. Present Perfect Progressive Tense.

FUTURE TENSE:

The four Aspects of future tense are:

1. Future Simple Tense.

2. Future Progressive Tense.

3. Future Perfect Tense.

4. Future Perfect Progressive Tense.