What is Tense ? About Tense


What is Tense ? - Tense āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Tense means the form of a verb that tells us when an action happens – in the past, present, or future.


Tense āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏ⧇āχ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ – āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ­ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤāϤāĨ¤


Uses of Tense - Tense āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° : i. To show the time of action.āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈āĨ¤ ii. To make sentences clear. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈āĨ¤ iii. To avoid confusion. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈āĨ¤


Three Main Tenses | Tenseā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°



  1. Present Tense : Action is happening now. āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

  2. Past Tense : Action happened before now.āφāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

  3. Future Tense : Action will happen later. āĻ­ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤāϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞāĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤


Four Forms of Each Tense | āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ Tenseā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāϟāĻž ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ



  1. Simple : Just the action. (I play) : āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ (āĻŽāχ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋)

  2. Continuous :  Action is going on. (I am playing) : āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϚāϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ (āĻŽāχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧋)

  3. Perfect : Action is finished. (I have played) : āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ (āĻŽāχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĻžāχāϛ⧋)

  4. Perfect Continuous :Action started earlier and is still going on. (I have been playing) : āφāĻ—āϤ⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ˆ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ“ āϚāϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ (āĻŽāχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧋)


Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • Present Tense: I read books every day. : āĻŽāχ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧā§‹āĨ¤

  • Past Tense: I read a book yesterday. : āĻŽāχ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧋āĨ¤

  • Future Tense: I will read a book tomorrow. :āĻŽāχ āĻ•āĻžāχāϞ⧈ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤


Remember - āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāĻž


Always use the correct tense according to the time words : āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• tense āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇:



  • yesterday : āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋ  → Past

  • now : āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž → Present

  • tomorrow : āĻ•āĻžāχāϞ⧈ → Future


i. Tense Structure : Click Here


ii. Tense Use - Made Simple : Click Here



Present Tense :  View Paper




  1. Simple Present  View Paper

  2. Present Continuous View Paper

  3. Present Perfect View Paper

  4. Present Perfect Continuous View Paper

  5. Simple Present Tense :  View Paper

  6. Present Coninuous Tense :  View Paper

  7. Present Perfect Tense :  View Paper

  8. Present Perfect ContinuousTense :  View Paper



Past Tense View Paper




  1. Simple Past Tense :  View Paper

  2. Past Continous Tense :  View Paper

  3. Past Perfect Tense :  View Paper

  4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense :  View Paper

  5. Simple Past :  View Paper

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  7. Past Continuous Tense :  View Paper

  8. Past Perfect Tense :  View Paper

  9. Past Perfect Continuous Tense :  View Paper



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  1. Simple Future Tense :  View Paper

  2. Future Continuous Tense :  View Paper

  3. Future Perfect Tense :  View Paper

  4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense :  View Paper


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