All About Tenses | Tenses Examples, Types of Tenses in English Grammar

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Tenses Examples | Types of Tenses in English Grammar with Examples

 

12 Types of Tenses in English Grammar and Examples of Tenses

Examples of Tenses – English tenses are the form the verb takes to show the time of an action. There are three major tenses in English. These include past, present, and future.

Past tense explains an event that occurred in the past, Present tense explains an event that occurs in the present, Future tense explains an event that will occur in the future.

From the page below find the explanation of different types of tenses with examples in English

 

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Simple Past Tense – Definition, Examples, Exercises

This article includes definition, formula for forming sentences in simple past tense. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. There are examples of negative and interrogatory sentences and exercises at the end of the lesson in order to help you assess how much you have learnt about Simple Past Tense.

 

Past Perfect Tense – Definition, Formula, Examples, Exercises

This article includes definition, formula for forming sentences in past perfect tense. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. There are examples of negative and interrogatory sentences and exercises at the end of the lesson in order to help you assess how much you have learnt.

 

Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Definition, Exercises

This article includes definition, formula for forming sentences in past perfect continuous tense. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. There are examples of negative and interrogative sentences and exercises at the end of the lesson in order to help you assess how much you have learnt about Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

 

Past Continuous Tense – Definition, Exercises

This article includes definition, formula for forming sentences in past continuous tense. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. There are examples of negative and interrogatory sentences and exercises at the end of the lesson in order to help you assess how much you have learnt about Simple Past Tense.

 

Simple Present Tense – Definition, Rules, Examples, Exercises

Those sentences which denote a habit, a Universal fact or experience are in the simple present tense. The simple present tense indicates that an action is present. Generally it is used for factual or habitual actions – things which occur in the present but are not necessarily occurring now.

 

Present Continuous Tense – Definition, Examples, Exercises

This article includes definition, formula for forming sentences in the Present Continuous Tense with negative and interrogative sentences in Present Continuous tense. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. These are followed by examples and exercises.

 

Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Structure, Examples, Exercises

This article includes definition, rules for forming sentences in the present perfect continuous tense, difference between ‘for’ and ‘since’, negative and interrogative sentences. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. There are examples and exercises at the end.

 

Present Perfect Tense – Structure, Examples, Exercises

We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions or habits that started in the past and continue to the present, actions or events that happened sometime during a person’s life. Usually we use it to say ‘how long’ and we need ‘since’ or ‘for’ for that purpose.

 

Simple Future Tense – Definition, Exercise

This article includes definition, rules for framing sentences in Simple Future Tense and example sentences. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. The lesson is followed by exercise.

 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense– Definition, Examples, Types, Exercise

This article includes definition, rules for framing sentences in Future Perfect Continuous Tense and example sentences. All this is simultaneously explained in Hindi and English for better understanding. The lesson is followed by exercise.

 

Future Perfect Tense– Definition, Examples, Types, Exercise

Future Perfect Tense indicates that an action will have been completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the future. It also denotes actions which will start and complete at defined point of time in the future.

 

Future Continuous Tense – Definition, Exercise

The future continuous tense is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time. It is important to note that the future continuous tense is only used with action words because it is only possible to do them for a duration.

 

Past Tense of Bite, Form of Verbs, Learn English Grammar

Bit is the past tense of the verb bite. Bitten is the past participle

 

Past Tense of COME, Form of Verbs, Learn English Grammar

The past tense of the verb “come” is “came”, spelled with an ‘a’. The verb “come” has an irregular past tense form as it does not accept the addition of “-ed” or “-d”. What is more puzzled for second and/or foreign learners of English is that the past participle of the verb “come” goes back to the root form “come”, and not “came”.

 

Past Tense of LEAD, Form of Verbs, Learn English Grammar

The past tense of the verb lead is led, not lead. One reason for the confusion might be that a similar verb, read, has an infinitive that’s spelled the same as the past tense. But with lead, that’s not how things are.

 

Past Tense of Read, Form of Verbs, Learn English Grammar

The past tense of the verb “read” is “read”, spelled the same but pronounced differently – it is pronounced as ‘red’. The verb “read” has an irregular past tense form as it does not accept the addition of “-ed” or “-d”. The past participle of the verb “read” is the same as the past form “read” which is pronounced as ‘“red”.

 

Past Tense of Fall and other verb forms, Learn English Grammar

The simple past tense of ‘fall’ is ‘fell.’ This is also called the preterite of ‘fall.’ The past participle of this verb is ‘fallen.’

 

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