{"id":114,"date":"2017-04-11T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T07:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2019-10-24T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:02:30","slug":"tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense","title":{"rendered":"Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are 3 tenses in English Grammar. They are Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense. Past Tense say about an event that occurred in the past. Present tense says about an event that is occurring now and future tense says about an event that will occur in the future.<\/p>\n

Each of these tenses are further divided into 4 as Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous. So there are a total of 12 Tenses in English and they are given below.<\/p>\n

Simple Present<\/p>\n

Present Continuous<\/p>\n

Present Perfect<\/p>\n

Present Perfect continuous<\/p>\n

Simple Past<\/p>\n

Past Continuous<\/p>\n

Past Perfect<\/p>\n

Past Perfect continuous<\/p>\n

Simple Future<\/p>\n

Future Continuous<\/p>\n

Future Perfect<\/p>\n

Future Perfect continuous.<\/p>\n

If you are thorough in tenses then you have learned about 50% of English Grammar. So mastering in tenses in very important to learn English grammar.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about tenses in the coming chapters.<\/p>\n

Prev: Types of Sentences in English<\/a><\/p>\n

Next: Simple Present Tense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are 3 tenses in English Grammar. They are Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense. Past Tense say about an event that occurred in the past. Present tense says about an event that is occurring now and future tense says about an event that will occur in the future. 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