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    The document discusses the three main tenses in English: past, present, and future. It explains that each tense can be simple, continuous, or perfect. The past tense refers to actions that already occurred. The present tense refers to current or ongoing actions. The future tense refers to actions that have yet to happen. Each tense is formed using variations of verbs like "be," "have," and the verb's infinitive or past/present participle forms.

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    TENSES

    PREPARED BY:
    Deepanraj T
    THERE ARE THREE MAIN FORM
    TENSES

    Tenses are mainly divided into three types

     PAST TENSE
     PRESENT TENSE
     FUTURE TENSE
    PRESENT TENSE

    An action that is
    happening right now

     SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE


     PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
     PRESENT PERFECT
     PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
    SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

    SUB+V1+OBJ
    Example:
    I eat mango
    He plays
    Present continuous tense

    This tense indicates the continuous nature of an act or event


    in the present and has not been completed. The activity has
    begun in the past and will be completed
     SUB+( am/is/are)+v4+ing+obj
    PRESENT PERFECT

     SUBJECT+(have/has)+v3+Obj
    PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
    TENSE

     SUBJECT + have/has+ been + v+ing+ OBJECT


    Past tense

    An action that already


    took place

     SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE


     PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
     PRESENT PERFECT
     PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
    SIMPLE PAST TENSE

     Subject+v2+object
    PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

    This type of past tense is used to describe an event or that


    is ongoing or continuing in the past

     Sub + (was/were) + v + ing + obj


    PAST PERFECT

    This type of tense is used to describe an event in the past


    that has been completed

     Sub + had +v 3 (en/ed) + obj


    PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

    This type of past tense is used to indicate an event, action that


    started before another event, action in the past. We can say that one
    action or event interrupted another

     Sub + had + been + v-ing + obj


    FUTURE TENSE

    An action that is going to


    happen

     SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE


     FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
     FUTURE PERFECT
     FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
    SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

     Sub + will + v1 + obj


    FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

     Sub + will be + v-ing + obj


    FUTURE PERFECT

     Sub + will + have + v3(en/ed)+obj


    FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
    TENSE

     Sub + will + have + been + v-ing + obj


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