Verb Tenses

There are three tenses that identify the different things that tell about an action. There are twelve types of tenses.

There are three things that tell about an action, they are: time, continuance and completion. 

Time includes past, present and future. Past is something that has already happened. Present is something that is happening at the time of speaking. Future is something that has not happened yet.


 There are two types of continuance: simple and continuous. Simple is a specific thing and continuous is still going on.

Perfect is a completed action. It is not the same as past, although, an action can be done in the past but it may not be completed.

The twelve tenses are: past simple, present simple, future simple, past continuous, present continuous, future continuous, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous and future perfect continuous.

By identifying the different tenses, this helps us understand when an action has been done.

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