"""' easy definitions of tenses with examples"""'1ST is present indefinite: it denotes the habits- showing actions that are not clearly defined os stated,SENTENCE: Dogs bark at night.2ND is present continuous: it is used to talk about activities happening now.SENTENCE: the kids are watching T.V.3RD is present perfect: it is used for an action happened at an unspecified time before now.SENTENCE: i have seen that movie 2o times.4TH is present perfect continuous: we use this tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is continuing now.SENTENCE: I HAVE BEEN READING FOR 2 HOURS.5th is past indefinite: it denotes actions or happenings that took place in the past.SENTENCE: my friend lived in the USA.6TH is past continuous:it express actions at a particular moment in the past. the action started before that moment but has not finished at the moment.SENTENCE: we were having dinner when it started to rain.7TH is past perfect continuous: it shows that something started in the past and continued up untill another time in the past.SENTENCE: they had been talking for over an hour before tonny arrived.8TH is future indefinite: this indicating actions that has not yet begun,it formed usually by adding the auxiliary WILL or SHALL to the base form of the verb,SENTENCE: he will play cricket.9TH is future continuous: it express action at a partcular moment in the future,the action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at the moment.SENTENCE: i will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.10 is future perfect: it expresses action completed by a specifief time in the future. it formed by combining will have or shall have with past participle.SENTENCE: we will have broken for lunch by 12:30.11 is future perfect continuous: it is used to talk about a long action before some point in the future.SENTENCE: james will have been teaching at the universuty for more than a year by the time he leaves for asia,'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''as in the first part of this blog i gave some figures which represents all tenses now in the 2nd part of this blog i'm explaining those diagrams or figuresin a simple way............................................. END...............................HOPE U WILL FIND THIS INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE... take care have a nice day, and " HAPPY STDIES"
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