What is Tense ? About Tense
What is Tense ? - Tense āĻāĻŋ ?
Tense means the form of a verb that tells us when an action happens – in the past, present, or future.
Tense āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ – āĻ āϤā§āϤ, āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤāϤāĨ¤
Uses of Tense - Tense āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° : i. To show the time of action.āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ ii. To make sentences clear. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ iii. To avoid confusion. āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
Three Main Tenses | Tenseā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
- Present Tense : Action is happening now. āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
- Past Tense : Action happened before now.āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
- Future Tense : Action will happen later. āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤāϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Four Forms of Each Tense | āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ Tenseā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻĒ
- Simple : Just the action. (I play) : āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ (āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϞā§)
- Continuous : Action is going on. (I am playing) : āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ (āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§)
- Perfect : Action is finished. (I have played) : āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āώ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ (āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§)
- Perfect Continuous :Action started earlier and is still going on. (I have been playing) : āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ (āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻā§)
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- Present Tense: I read books every day. : āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤
- Past Tense: I read a book yesterday. : āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
- Future Tense: I will read a book tomorrow. :āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤
Remember - āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž
Always use the correct tense according to the time words : āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ āύā§āϏāĻžā§°ā§ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ tense āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§:
- yesterday : āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ → Past
- now : āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž → Present
- tomorrow : āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠→ Future
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