PPT: Tenses | English Grammar Basic - Class 10 PDF Download

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Tenses are the form taken by a verb to show the 
time of an action or the state of an event.
? There are three tenses :
The Present Tense
The Past Tense
The Future Tense.
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Tenses are the form taken by a verb to show the 
time of an action or the state of an event.
? There are three tenses :
The Present Tense
The Past Tense
The Future Tense.
? Each of the three tenses has four forms or sub-
divisions to show continuity or completeness of 
the action and time. These are :
1. Indefinite
2. Continuous or Imperfect
3. Perfect
4. Perfect Continuous
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Tenses are the form taken by a verb to show the 
time of an action or the state of an event.
? There are three tenses :
The Present Tense
The Past Tense
The Future Tense.
? Each of the three tenses has four forms or sub-
divisions to show continuity or completeness of 
the action and time. These are :
1. Indefinite
2. Continuous or Imperfect
3. Perfect
4. Perfect Continuous
Tense Indefinite Continuo
us
Perfect Perfect
Continuo
us
Present
Play (s) Is / Am / Are
Playing
Has / 
Have 
Played
Has / Have 
been Playing
Past
Played Was / Were
Playing
Had 
Played
Had been 
Playing
Future
Will / Shall 
Play
Will / Shall 
be Playing
Will / 
Shall 
Have 
Played
Will / Shall 
have been 
Playing
Table Of   English   
Tenses
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Tenses are the form taken by a verb to show the 
time of an action or the state of an event.
? There are three tenses :
The Present Tense
The Past Tense
The Future Tense.
? Each of the three tenses has four forms or sub-
divisions to show continuity or completeness of 
the action and time. These are :
1. Indefinite
2. Continuous or Imperfect
3. Perfect
4. Perfect Continuous
Tense Indefinite Continuo
us
Perfect Perfect
Continuo
us
Present
Play (s) Is / Am / Are
Playing
Has / 
Have 
Played
Has / Have 
been Playing
Past
Played Was / Were
Playing
Had 
Played
Had been 
Playing
Future
Will / Shall 
Play
Will / Shall 
be Playing
Will / 
Shall 
Have 
Played
Will / Shall 
have been 
Playing
Table Of   English   
Tenses
o The Indefinite Tense does not indicate whether the 
action is complete or not.
o The Continuous (Imperfect) Tense that the action is 
still going on.
o The Perfect Tense indicates that the action is 
complete , finished or perfect.
o The Perfect Continuous Tense indicates that the 
action began in the past and is still continuing.