The Tenses of Verbs
A verb tenses is a form of a verb that shows a time of action or a state of being.
Tense means
time and it is a property of verbs.
Six Basic
Forms (tenses of verbs)
Present tense shows an action presently or habitually happening, or a fact or general truth.
I. If the sentence
expresses a permanent action.
* The sun rises in
the east and sets in the west.
II. If the sentence
shows habitual action.
* He goes to church every Sunday.
III. If the sentence
expresses an on-going action.
* The students are
researching in the library now.
B. Past tense shows past action or a state or condition that occurred in the past.
* They transferred
to a new building yesterday.
* They danced last night.
* Jannette recited the poem well.
C. the Past perfect tense denotes
I. An action completed before another past action.
* He
had left when I arrived. (In this case the first action uses the perfect tense
while the second uses the simple past.)
II. A condition that
was true in the past but is no longer at the time of speaking.
* She had seen that before.
D.
Future tense- expresses an action
that is yet to be done, or shows that something will happen or will be done in
the future.
-a verb phrase
using the auxiliary verbs will/shall+ the simple form of the verb.
- Am/is/are + going to
* Will you visit me tonight?
* They will pass
their project next month.
* I shall return.
* Mae Ann is going to Cebu next week.
E. The present perfect tense denotes
I. An action which started in the past
and is continuing in the present. This tense uses has/have + the past participle of the main verb.
* Cha-cha has eaten
her dinner.
* Don-don has submitted his project.
II. An action which is completed at the time of speaking.
* I have just taken
my examination.
* I have gone to the school.
F. The future perfect tense denotes.
I. An action that will be completed before another action.
* Before I leave, Monique will have gone.
II. An action that will have completed at some definite future time.
* By next week, the
court will have decided on the case.
* This tense uses
shall/will + have and the past participle of the main verb.
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