TENSES (PART 1)

 

TENSES

(PART 1)

What is a tense?

Tense indicates time of an action or event.

How many types?

12 types

What are the three main types of tenses?

Ø      Past tense

Ø     Present tense

Ø     Future tense

What are the subtypes of tenses?

Ø    Past continuous tense

Ø    Past perfect tense

Ø    Past perfect continuous tense

Ø    Present continuous tense

Ø    Present perfect tense

Ø    Present perfect continuous tense

Ø    Future continuous tense

Ø    Future perfect tense

Ø    Future perfect continuous tense

     Structural Formulae:

Tense	Past	Present	Future
Simple	s + v+ ed	s +v + s / es	s + will / shall + v
Continuous	s + was / were + v + ing	s + am / is / are + v + ing	s + will / shall + be + v + ing
Perfect	s + had + v + ed	s + has / have + v + ed	s + will / shall + have + v + ed
Perfect Continuous	s + had + been + v + ing	s + has / have + been + v + ing	s + will / shall + have + been + v + ing

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

Contact: 9944138137

e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in