Types Of Tenses

Tense of a sentence gives you an idea of the time when the incident mentioned in a statement takes place. At the same time, it is that critical factor that can most commonly leads people to mistakes while framing a sentence or while identifying the time of events. With your knowledge of tenses strong, fluent English and flawless grammar isn't too far away from you. Here, in this article, all the various types of tenses are explained, along with their structure and examples, to help you get a much clearer picture of this important part of speech; it would also provide you the confidence to pick the right type of tense. Though it might seem complicated when you try to glance through the write-up, tenses aren't that difficult to understand; spend some time on each tense mentioned and see yourself framing better sentences than before. Read the following section carefully. The examples mentioned below can guide you through for sure.

Tenses In English

Definition:

                 An aspect of verb which tells the time of an action is called tense. Tenses have certain rules, according to which a sentence is made. 

There are mainly three kinds of tenses.

              (1)    Present tense

               (2)   Past tense 

               (3)   future tense

Each of present, past and future tense is further divided into four kinds.

Simple (indefinite)

Continuous (progressive)

Perfect

Perfect Continuous (Perfect progressive)

In this way, there are 12 kinds of tense, which are explained in detail as below

PRESENT TENSE

      Present simple tense
      Present Continuous tense
      Present Perfect tense
      Present Perfect Continuous tense

PAST TENSE

     Past simple tense
     Past Continuous tense
     Past Perfect tense
     Past Perfect Continuous tense

FUTURE TENSE

    Future simple tense
    Future Continuous tense
    Future Perfect tense
    Future Perfect Continuous tense

click on labels to learns all these types of tenses.