Tenses - IX std

Tenses

Tense is a category that expresses time reference with reference to the moment of speaking. Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjugation patterns.

Examples :

• He drinks tea at breakfast. 
• She had prepared food for the guest. 

Kinds of Tenses:

• Present tense
• Past tense
• Future tense

1. Present tense

A tense expressing an action that is currently going on or habitually performed, or a state that currently or generally exists.

• Present Simple
  I do
• Present Continuous
  I am doing
• Present Perfect
  I have done
• Present Perfect Continuous
  I have been doing

2. Past tense

The past tense  is a tense whose principal function is to place an action or situation in past time.

• Past Simple
  I did, I did do
• Past Continuous
  I was doing
• Past Perfect
  I had done
• Past Perfect Continuous
  I had been doing

3.Future tense

A tense expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not yet exist.

• Future Simple
  I will do
• Future Continuous
  I will be doing
• Future Perfect
  I will have done
• Future Perfect Continuous
  I will have been doing