The word ”Tense” is determined from a Latin word ‘Tempus’ which means time. The tense of a verb shows the time and completeness of an action or event.
There are three main tenses in English.
- Present.
- Past.
- Future.
Each main tense has four different forms.
- Indefinite
- Continuous
- Perfect
- Perfect Continuous
Understanding Subjects, Verbs, and Objects
Subject: A subject is a part of a sentence that thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence.
Verb: A verb is an action or situation of acting in a sentence. Verbs can be shown in different tenses, depending on when the action is being performed.
Object: in simple words, we say that an object provides us with the full meaning of a sentence
Outlines
- Present indefinite
- Past indefinite
- Future indefinite
- Present continuous
- Past continuous
- Future continuous
- Present perfect
- Past perfect
- Future perfect
- Present Perfect Continuous
- Past Perfect Continuous
- Future Perfect Continuous
| Present indefinite 1st Form of Verb + s/es Helping Verb (Do, Does) | Past indefinite 2nd form of verb Helping Verb (Did) | Future indefinite Helping Verb (Will/Shall) + 1st form of verb |
| Present continuous Helping Verb (is/am/are) + 1st Form of Verb + ing | Past continuous Helping Verb (was/were) + 1st Form of Verb | Future continuous Helping Verb (will be/shall be) + 1st Form of Verb + ing |
| Present perfect 3rd Form of Verb Helping Verb (has/have) | Past perfect Helping Verb Had + 3rd Form of Verb | Future perfect Helping Verb (will have/shall have) + 3rd Form of Verb |
| Present Perfect Continuous Has been/Have been + 1st Form of Verb + ing + Since/For | Past Perfect Continuous Had been + 1st Form of Verb + Since/For | Future Perfect Continuous will have been/shall have been + 1st Form of Verb + ing + Since/For |
| 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | |
| Subjective Case | i – we | You | They -He, She, it |
| Possessive Case | My – Our Mine – Ours | Your Yours | Their – His, Its Theirs, His, Hers, Its |
| Objective Case | Me – Us | You. | Them, Him, Her, It |
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