Friends....

We must to know when tense is to be used.... Do Not Bigot the grammar... you need to practice... It will take some time to learn... but it is very easy to understand.....

Tenses :

Present tense : Action is regular or habitual.. Facts or general truth

Example : I usually work upto 9.00 PM

              sun rises in the east

              office opens at nine

              He lives in chennai

Present Continuous - Action going on at present

Example                  I am typing this message

                             I am watching movie

                             He is playing cricket

                             She is waiting for me

Present perfect - Action just ended

Example           I have received the parcel

                      He has come

                      she has returned my book

perfect continuous - Action going on for some time now

example              I have been living in Chennai for the past 5 years

                         He has been working in our company for the part 10 years

                      

Past Tense - Action taken place in the past

Example       I watched tv program yestered

                  He came yestereday

                  she went yesterday

Past Continuous - Action going on in the past

Example        I was watching news program

                   He was coming

                   they were playing cricket

past perfect - action took place before another action

Example       He had finished the work when I came

                  I had come to this office

                  She had taken the book

past perfect continuous - Action lasted for some time before another action

Example - I had been working the company

              when I returned he had been working

Future tense - Action will take place in future

Example - I will play cricked tomorrow

              she will go to temple tomorrow

              I will meet her tomorrow

Future continuous - Action will be going on in the future

Example       - he will be reading a book

                    she will be coming tomorrow

                    we will be going to movie

Future perfect - Action will take place before another action

Example -  They will have prepared meals

               she will have taken the assignment

Future perfect continuous - Action will last for some time another action

Example - She will have been waiting

               I will have been going....

S.Selvakumar

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