Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Tense



In English, there are three kinds of Tense-Present, Past and Future. Each of the tense can be divided into four kinds-Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous. Each of the tense has their own meaning.

Meaning of All These Classifications:

Main kinds:

Present Tense: Those works, tasks and speeches are done or spoken in present time.
Past Tense:  Those works, tasks and speeches are done or spoken in past time.
Future Tense: Those works, tasks and speeches are done or spoken in Future time.

Sub Classifications of Each tense:

Indefinite: Those sentences which do not have continuity and continuing time and result in use of any language are indefinite Tense. It may have time but there will be no continuity.

Core Structure:  Subject (noun & pronoun) + Verb (present/past/future) + objects/complement/extension

Continuous: Those sentences which have continuity but there must not be any time are continuous tense. If there appears any time in a continuous tense, they must be Perfect Continuous Tense.

Core Structure:  Subject (noun & pronoun) + Be Verbs (am, is, are, was, were) will be, shall be + Verb (base)+ ing +  objects/complement/extension

Perfect: Those sentences which do not have continuity and any given time but there must have a result or feedback which can be used for a long time or short time in future, present or past.

Core Structure:  Subject (noun & pronoun) + have, has, had, will have, shall have + Past Participle Form of Verbs + objects/complement/extension


Perfect Continuous: Those sentences which must have both continuity and a given time are perfect continuous tense.

Core Structure:  Subject (noun & pronoun) + have, has, had, will have, shall have + been + Verb (base) + ing + since, for, to……..from, before, within, at, in, etc. + objects/complement/extension

Perfect continuous Tense is consisted of two tenses one is Perfect and other is Continuous.
 Subjects + have verbs + Been” this part is perfect and “Been + Verb + ing” this part is continuous.

I will discuss each of the tense in details but amazingly in a short and easy way in near future. Please keep up to date with me.

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