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What is Tense and its types?


What is Tense and Type of tenses in English?

Tense is a time.

Types of tenses:

  1. Present Tense
  2. Past Tense
  3. Future Tense

But on the basis of completion of activity these tenses are further divided into four parts:

  1. Indefinite tense
  2. Continuous tense
  3. Perfect tense
  4. Perfect Continuous tense



Types of Present Tense:

  1. Present Indefinite Tense
  2. Present Continuous tense
  3. Present Perfect tense
  4. Present Perfect Continuous tense



Types of Past Tense:

  1. Past Indefinite Tense
  2. Past Continuous tense
  3. Past Perfect tense
  4. Past Perfect Continuous tense



Types of Future Tense:

  1. Future Indefinite Tense
  2. Future Continuous tense
  3. Future Perfect tense
  4. Future Perfect Continuous tense