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Tenses

The term 'tenses' refers to the form that helps determine a verb with a particular time. It is used to get to know about the time.
Examples:

• Present: Ram eats the food.
• Past: Ram ate the food yesterday.
• Future: Ram will eat the food by 8 p.m.

Types of Tenses

1. Present Tense

• Simple Present: One can form a simple present tense by adding 's' or 'es' in the word.
  For Example: Radha writes a book, Sun comes out in the day.
• Present Perfect: Determines the things that have already happened.
  For Example: He has seen the movie.
  She has been to Canada.
• Present Perfect Continuous: Determine if the things which are in continuity.
  For Example: He has been waiting for the bus for one hour.

2. Past Tense

• Simple Past: Do the presentation of things that have happened in the past.
  For Example: He did not.
• Past Continuous: Do the presentation of things that were in continuity in the past.
  For Example: Ram was playing cricket.
• Past Perfect: Do the presentation of two things that happened in the past.
  For Example: They were too late.
• Past Perfect Continuous: For Example: Heena was very tired. And she had been dancing.

3. Future Tense

• Simple Future: For Example: Rima will ask the questions tomorrow.
• Future Continuous: For Example: He will be writing a letter.
• Future Perfect: For Example: He will not have written a letter.
• Future Perfect Continuous: For Example: Reena will be staying at his aunt's house.