What is tenses and examples

Indicates an action that is generally true or habitual. That is, it took place in the past , continue to take place in the present, and will take place in the future. This tense is used to denote -a habitual action- for instance, "He walk to school. The form of Simple Present Tense is- verb infinitive without 'to' and agreeable with the subject.

Indicates an action that has been completed sometime before the present moment, with a result that affects the present situation. For example, "He has finished the work. Indicates an action that is taking place at the moment of speaking. For example, "She is walking.

Indicates an action that started in the past and is continuing at the present time. For example, "He has been sleeping for an hour. Read More : What is Future Tense? Get Examples and Practice Exercise. Indicates an action that will take place after the present time and that has no real connection with the present time. For example, "She will visit her ailing grandmother soon. Indicates an action in the future that will have been completed before another time or event in the future.

For example, "By the time we arrive, he will have studied. Note a. Indicates an action in the future that is longer in duration than another action in the future. For example, "He will be walking when it starts to rain. Indicates an action in the future that will have been continuing until another time or event in the future. For example, "He will have been exercising an hour at We deal with those under the English tense system and tenses. What is Tense? Note that many grammarians take the view that there are only two tenses in English: present tense and past tense.

That is because we make those two tenses with the verb alone - he walks, he walked. They do not consider that he will walk , he is walking or he has walked for example are tenses because they are not formed solely from the verb "walk". For English learners, most EFL teachers and books treat all these constructions as tenses.

On these pages we do the same. Had he worked? Past perfect cont. I had been watching. I had not been watching. Had I been watching? Future simple I will come. I will not come. Will I come in? Future continuous I will be playing basketball. Will I be playing basketball? Future perfect He will have finished. He will not have finished. Will he have finished?

Future perfect cont.