A tense is a form of a verb that tells the time of action or condition. The 3 kinds of tense:
- Past
- Present
- Future
Other languages have no tense. They use a different method to tell the time of the action but in English we change the form of the verb to know the tense. Example:
(past – present – future)
- eat – ate – will eat
- sing- sang – will sing
- talk – talked – will talk
More examples for beginners.
What about simple, perfect and progressive tense?
These are called ASPECT, which tells about
- how long did it happen?
- did it continue?
- was it completed?
The 4 Aspects are:
- Simple Tense
- Perfect/ Complete tense
- Progressive/ Incomplete Tense
- Perfect Progressive/Continuous Tense
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