TENCE

TENSES

GUIDED BY: MY SELF

WHAT IS A TENSE

TENSE=TIME

TIME

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

Future tensePast tense Present tense12:58 01:00

CONTINUED…….

There are threeMain tenses

The PresentThe PastThe Future

EACH TENSE HAS FOUR FORMSSIMPLE: Present, Past, Future

CONTINUOUS: Present, Past, Future

PERFECT: Present, Past, Future

PERFECT CONTINUOUS: Present, Past, Future

SIMPLE PAST

PAST FORM OF VERB IS CALLED

SIMPLE PAST

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE FUTURE

CONTINUOS TENSE

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

PAST PERFECT TENSE

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

SIMPLE PAST

PAST PERFECT TENSE

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

SIMPLE PAST

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE

Simple Present

I play.

Simple PastI played.

Simple FutureI will play.

Present ContinuousI am playing.

Past ContinuousI was playing.

Future ContinuousI will be playing.

Present PerfectI have played.

Past PerfectI had played.

Future PerfectI will have played.

Present Perfect ContinuousI have been playing

for two hours.

Past Perfect ContinuousI had been playingwhen you came.

Future PerfectContinuousI will have been playingfor two hours at 2 o’clock.

COMMON MISTAKES IN TENSES

1.It is raining since yesterday. X It has been raining since yesterday.

2. I reached the station before the train had arrived. X I had reached the station before the train arrived.

3. Yesterday we had seen the panther. X Yesterday we saw the panther.

4. I had been playing a match. I had been playing a match yesterday, so couldn’t go out with my friends.

THANK U

BHARATH