What are Tenses?

What are Tenses? How to learn Tenses? All these types of questions are irritating and so common. There is no doubt in tenses. Many people know tenses and its types but don’t know it actually.

Let’s discuss it briefly here…...

Tenses basically refer to the time. At what time, you are indicating your sentences that are made or written or spoken on the basis of tenses.

Tenses are categorized into three forms named as Present, Past and Future, and each part is divided into four types named as Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous.

To understand tenses and its types look the below table form of tenses and follow the same pattern to learn and understand tenses deeply.

                                 Tenses

   Present                          Past                                Future    

Present Indefinite                             Past Indefinite                                        Future Indefinite             

Present Continuous                          Past Continuous                                     Future Continuous

Present Perfect                                 Past Perfect                                            Future Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous              Past Perfect Continuous                        Future Perfect Continuous

Present— It defines the current time or the time which is going on. In Hindi, present means vartamaan (वर्तमान). Present tense helps to express all the English sentences which shows current time or make sense being in present.

Past— It defines the previous time or the time which was going on. In Hindi, past means ateet (अतीत). Past tense helps to express all the English sentences which shows previous time or make sense being in past.  

Future— It defines the upcoming time or the time which will come. In Hindi, future means bhavishy (भविष्य). Future tense helps to express all the English sentences which shows upcoming time or make sense being in future.