Form of Tenses in Verb

According to completeness or incompleteness of the actions of verbs. There are four forms of each tense (Present, Past, Future).

Indefinite or Simple:The Verb in this form of tense expresses the action simply without mentioning about the completeness or incompleteness of the work.
e.g. I come, We go, You eat, I played, They went, You’ll sleep etc.

Continuous:
The verb in this form of tense expresses incomplete or continuous action.
e.g., I am going, You were going, She’ll be going etc.


Perfect: The verb in this form of tense expresses finished or complete state of action.
e.g., I have eaten, We had played, You’ll have come.


Perfect Continuous:
The verb in this form of tense shows that the action is going on continuously and not completed at the same moment.
e.g., I have been going, You had been sleeping, She will have been cooking etc.


From “b” and “c”, sections above we can say that there are twelve tenses as under


(i to iv) Present:
Indefinite/Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous


(v to viii) Past:
Indefinite/Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous


(ix to xii) Future:
Indefinite/Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous

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