Tenses
Tense tells us when an action happens through the use of different forms of verbs.
Examples :- I eat porridge.
- She played football.
- He will sleep.
- Simple present tense expresses present action that we almost do daily as a habit. We use first form of the verb in this tense. In above example - I eat porridge, 'eat' is the first form of the verb that shows, the sentence expresses 'Present time'.
- Simple past tense expresses past action. Second form of the base form is used. In the above sentence ' She played football', ' played' is the second form of the verb 'play'. 'Played' denotes past time.
- Simple future tense expresses future action. 'Will + first form of the verb' together do this job. In the third sentence - He will sleep, 'will sleep' shows that this sentence is used for future action.
Present (first form) | Past (second form) | Future (will + first form) |
---|---|---|
act | acted | will act |
agree | agreed | will agree |
allow | allowed | will allow |
ask | asked | will ask |
arrive | arrived | will arrive |
awake | awoke | will awake |
become | became | will become |
begin | began | will begin |
bind | bound | will bind |
blow | blew | will blow |
breathe | breathed | will breathe |
build | built | will build |
call | called | will call |
carry | carried | will carry |
catch | caught | will catch |
change | changed | will change |
choose | chose | will choose |
cost | cost | will cost |
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