Tense -12 types 📖 📑 #english #education #grammar #englishtips #tence
Tense -12 types 📖 📑 #english #education #grammar #englishtips #tence
Introduction:
Rules of Tenses help to explain how to precisely use the various grammar rules related to tenses in a statement without making a grammatical mistake and also conveniently suggesting when an action or event has actually happened.
What is Tense can be understood as they are classified into three parts for easy understanding. The types of tenses are
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Each of the above-stated tenses is more subdivided into four subparts. These subparts comprise:
Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Tense Chart rules & examples:
Rules for Tenses:
The Present Tense
The present tense is an expression for an action that is currently ongoing, or that is routinely conducted. It means a state that appears to exist in a broad sense or is currently ongoing.
Simple Present
Simple Present Tense
Singular
Plural
Rule: Subject + V1 + s/es + Object
Rule: Subject + V1 + Object
Positive: The boy plays a guitar
Positive: They fight with friends.
Negative: The boy does not play a guitar
Negative: They don’t fight with friends.
Question: Is the boy playing the guitar?
Question: Do they fight with friends?
Present Continuous
Present Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + object
Singular
Plural
Positive: He is listening to a pop song.
Positive: We are listening to a pop song.
Negative: He isn’t listening to a pop song.
Negative: We aren’t listening to a pop song.
Question: Is he listening to a pop song?
Question: Are we listening to a pop song?
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Tense
Rule: Subject + has + V3 + Object
Rule: Subject + have + V3 + Object
Singular
Plural
Positive: He has polished my shoes
Positive: They have bought a book.
Negative: He hasn’t polished my shoes
Negative: They haven’t bought a book.
Question: Has he polished my shoes?
Question: Have they bought a book?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + has been + V1 + ing + Object
Rule: Subject + have been + V1 + ing + Object
Singular
Plural
Positive: I have been combing my hair.
Positive: They have been feeling hungry.
Negative: I haven’t been combing my hair.
Negative: They haven’t been feeling hungry.
Question: Have I been combing my hair?
Question: Have they been feeling hungry?
2.Past Perfect Tense
The past tense refers to any action or event that previously happened. The four subcategories of the past tense in English grammar are discussed in detail below.
Simple Past Tense
Rule: Subject + V2 + Object (Verb is in the second form)
Positive: Paul ran away.
Negative: Paul did not run away.
Question: Did Paul run away?
Past continuous
Past Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + was + V1 + ing + Object
Rule: Subject + were + V1 + ing + Object
Positive: I was feeding her dog.
Positive: They were feeling hungry.
Negative: I wasn’t feeding her dog.
Negative: They weren’t feeling hungry.
Question: Was I feeding her dog?
Question: Were they feeling hungry.
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Tense
Rule: Subject + had + V3 + Object
Positive: I had fed her dog.
Positive: They had bought a new car.
Negative: I hadn’t fed her dog.
Negative: They hadn’t bought a new car.
Question: Hadn’t I fed her dog?
Question: Had they bought a new car?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object
Positive: I had been combing my hair.
Positive: They had been reading books since yesterday.
Negative: I hadn’t been combing my hair.
Negative: They had not been reading books since yesterday.
Question: Had I been combing my hair?
Question: Had they been reading books since yesterday?
3.Future Tense
The actions that will occur in the future are classified as future tense.
Simple Future Tense
Rule: Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object
Positive: I will comb her hair.
Negative: I will not comb her hair.
Question: Will I comb her hair?
Future Continuous
Future Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Obj
Rule: Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Obj
Positive: I will be feeding her dog.
Positive: They were feeling hungry.
Negative: I will not be feeding her dog.
Negative: They weren’t feeling hungry.
Question: Will I be feeding her dog?
Question: Were they feeling hungry.
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Tense
Rule: Subject + had + V3 + Object
Singular
Plural
Positive: I will have fed her dog.
Positive: They will have bought a new car.
Negative: I won’t have fed her dog.
Negative: They won’t have bought a new car.
Question: Will I have fed her dog?
Question: Won’t have they bought a new car?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule: Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object
Positive: I will have been combing my hair.
Positive: They will have been feeling hungry for two hours.
Negative: I will not have been combing my hair.
Negative: They will not have been feeling hungry for two hours.
Question: Will I have been combing my hair?
Question: Will They have been feeling hungry for two hours?
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