What is
Tense?
tense (noun): a form of a
verb used to indicate the time, and sometimes the continuation or completeness,
of an action in relation to the time of speaking. (From Latin tempus = time).
Tense is a method that we use in English
to refer to time - past, present and future. Many languages use tenses to talk
about time. Other languages have no tenses, but of course they can still talk
about time, using different methods.
So, we talk about time in English with
tenses. But, and this is a very big but:
we can also talk about time without using
tenses (for example, going to is a special construction to talk about the
future, it is not a tense) .
All Kinds
Tenses :
Ø
Present
Tenses
Ø
Past
Tenses
Ø
Future
Tenses
Sentence
Tenses :
·
Simple
present tense : He listens to the radio
·
Present
continuous tense : He is listening to the radio
·
Present
perfect tense : He has listened to the radio
·
Present
perfect continuous tense : He has been
listening to the radion
·
Simple
past tense :
He listened to the radio
·
Past
continuous tense :
He was listening to radio
·
Past
perfect tense :
He has listened to the radio
·
Past
perfect continuous tense :
He has been listened to the radio
·
Future
tense :
He will listen to the radio
·
Future
continuous tense : He
will be listening to the radio
·
Future
perfect tense :
He will have listened to the radio
·
Future
perfect continuous tense : He will
have been listening to the radio
References
:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7180362/What-is-Tense
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_sys-what.htm
http://www.anneahira.com/macam-macam-tenses.htm
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