Definitions of Tenses of Verbs -- American English | |
In grammar,
tense
means
time.
The tense of a verb indicates the time of the
action or the time of the state of condition.
There are six tenses in English:
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1. The present tense indicates the present time:
I know him.
2. The past tense indicates past time: John was ill yesterday. 3. The future tense indicates future time: I shall see you tomorrow. 4. The present perfect tense indicates an action that is completed at the time of speaking or writing: I have called him twice today. 5. The past perfect tense indicates an action that was completed before some definite time in the past: At the meeting, I recognized a delegate whom I had met in Boston. 6. The future perfect tense indicates an action that will be completed at some definite time in the future. 7. The future perfect tense expresses the relation between two future times:   ; You will understand the subject of tense when you will have finished the class. |
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