1. Name- Akhil Bhardwaj
Class- VIII-B
Roll No- 2

3. Tense
Tense is a term used in grammar to indicate the time of the
action or event.

4. Types of Tense
1. Present Tense
2 . Past Tense
3 . Future Tense

5. Present Tense
When a verb is used to show that an action takes place at
present, it is called Present Tense
Ex. 1.He speak English well.
2. She writes very beautifully

6. Past Tense
When a verb is used to show that an action was completed, it
is known Past Tense.
EX. 1. He went to Delhi Yesterday.
EX. 2. We were in Delhi last year.

7. Future Tense
When a verb is used to show that an action will take
place future, it is known as the future Tense.
EX. 1. He will go to Agra tomorrow.
2. We shall marry this year.

8. Parts of Present Tense
• Simple present tense.
• Present continuous tense.
• Present perfect tense.
• Present perfect continuous tense.

9. Simple present tense
When a tense is used to show the present tense
it is known as simple present tense.

10. Present continuous tense
When a tense is used to show what is really
happening now.
It is known as Present Continuous Tense

11. Present perfect tense
When a tense is used to show that an action has just
been completed or an action has finished at the
moment of speaking. It known as the present perfect
tense.

12. Present Perfect Continuous tense
When a tense is used to show that an action
has been taking place since a point of time in
the past and in progress up to now it is known
as present perfect continuous tense.

13. Types of past tense
• Simple past tense.
• Past continuous tense.
• Past perfect tense.
• Past perfect continuous tense.

14. Simple Past Tense
When a verb shows that an action was
completed in the past is known as simple
past tense.

15. Past Continuous Tense
When a tense is used to show that an
action was in progress or incomplete in
the past it is known as past continuous
tense.

16. Past Perfect Tense
When a tense is used to show that an
action had completed earlier before
another it is known as past perfect
tense.

17. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
When a tense is used to show that an
action had been in progress it is known
as present continuous tense.

18. Future Tense
Simple Future Tense.
Future Continuous Tense.
Future Perfect Tense.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

19. Simple Future Tense
When a tense is used to show action will take
place in future it is known as simple future
tense.

20. Future Continuous Tense
When a tense is used to show that some
action will be in progress in future it is known
as future continuous tense.

21. Future Perfect Tense
When a tense is used to show that some
action will be finished in future it is known as
future perfect tense.

22. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
When a tense is used to show that some
action will have been in progress in future it
is known as future perfect continuous tense.