What is Tense in English Grammar?
Tense is a grammatical concept that indicates the time of action or event. Tense provides temporal information and enables us to express actions that have happened in the past, are happening in the present, or will happen in the future. Tenses, in English Grammar, is the form of the verb which shows the time when a specific event has happened or is going to happen. Basically, tense denotes the characteristics of the verb in a sentence.
What is Tense? Types, Definitions & Examples
Earlier we have already discussed how important tenses are in English Grammar as the very basis of English Grammar is built on tenses. Once you complete the tenses then you will understand every part and use of tenses.
You already know that there are three tenses- past, present, and future; and four kinds of each tense, i.e. indefinite, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. Now, the present tense has been explained in the first part of the article, and now here we are going to cover the past and future tense.
Table of Content
- What is Tense in English Grammar?
- Tense Definition
- Why Tenses are Important to Learn?
- Types of Tenses in English Grammar
- Tenses And Their Usage
- Present Tense
- Past Tense
- Future Tense
- Examples of Verb Tenses
- FAQs on Tenses