Type of tense
The tense of a verb shows the time of an event or action.
In the English language, tenses play an important role in sentence formation. The tense refers to the time of action. It is a verb form which does this work. A verb has three forms:
1. Base Form,
2. Past Tense and
3. Past Participle. (Please refer chapter on verbs for verb forms)
The time of action may be in :
1. Present is called Present Tense
2. Past is called Past Tense
3. Future is called Future Tense
4. Conditional is Called Conditional Tense.
Let us understand in brief, how they work.
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