Friday, February 1, 2019

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.
2. Past tense
The past tense  is a tense whose principal function is to place an action or situation in past time.
3.Future tense
A tense expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not yet exist.

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