Learn Tenses with Examples

Tense indicates the time of a verb. We use tenses in English to talk about the time of action. There are three forms of tense - Past, Present and Future. Each of these has four sub types. They have a definite usage.

Present Tense expresses the situation that exists only in the current time. It also represents repeated actions and unchanging truths. 

For example:

I wake up at 6:00am every day. (Repeated action).

The sun rises in the east (Unchanging truth).

He is sleeping right now. 

Past tense expresses those actions which were started & finished in past.   Also it is used in conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical situations where it refers the future tense.

For example: 

I was very naughty when I was young.

We went to the market yesterday.

If he had come on time, we would have reached early.

Future Tense expresses the time which is yet to come.  Thus it talks about the actions which will happen in future. In future tense will/ shall are used to make sentences. Both have same meaning but “Shall” is more polite.

For example: 

I will go to Chennai next week

Shall I come with you?

I won’t have lunch today.

Almost every grammar rule has some exceptions; therefore the usage of tenses is not simple. However English learning can begin with some basic information about the tenses.

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Grammar is the systematic structure of any Language and thus called as its foundation. It is impossible to speak any Language without learning its grammar.  Though profound knowledge is not required but the basic concepts should be clear for fluency. In English grammar, if the parts of Speech are clear then one can speak fluently.

The parts of speech consist of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions and Interjections. 

The nouns are the naming words like the name of a person, place or a thing while the pronouns are the words which replace nouns like he, she, it, you, we and they.  The verbs are the action words and tell what a noun and pronoun do. For example walk, talk, look, eat, sleep etc.

Prepositions are the words which establish the relation of a noun & pronoun with other words to make a meaningful sentence. The prepositions can be categorised according to their usage, like place, time, and direction. Most common prepositions often used are at, in, on. They can be used to talk about time as well as for place. For example: I will see you on Sunday (“on” as time preposition). The book is on the table. (“On” as place preposition).

The adverbs are the words which modify a verb and conjunction functions as a connector for more than one sentence and the interjection shows the emotions & sentiments of speaker.

Thus in nutshell grammar is the mechanism to combine words to make meaningful sentences.

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