tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26441940.post-72674793041601041232007-02-16T21:01:00.000-08:002007-02-16T21:23:08.808-08:00Tense is the form of the verb used to express the time of an action. Mainly there are three tenses viz. Present Tense, Past Tense and Future Tense.<br /><br />The ‘Present Tense’ is used:-<br /><br />To express an action that is happening now.<br /><br />Examples:<br /><ul><div align="left"><li>I now go to school</li><li>I am going to school.</li><li>I have purchased this book.</li><li>I have been going to school.</li><br /></div></ul>To express the universal truths:<br /><br />Examples:<br /><br /><ul><div align="left"><li>The sun rises in east.</li><li>The Ganges falls into the Bay of Bengal.</li><li>Twice two is four.</li><li>Mohan sings well.</li></div></ul>To express a future action:<br /><br />Examples:<br /><ul><div align="left"><li>The office opens on Monday week.</li><li>He comes tonight.</li></div></ul>To quote from the existing work of authors:<br /><br />Examples:<br /><ul><div align="left"><li>Tulsidas says, “Rama was incarnation of Lord Vishnu.”</li><li>Shakespeare says, “There is a tide in the affairs of men.”</li></div></ul>The ‘Past Tense’ expresses an action finished in a past time.<br /><br />Examples:<br /><ul><div align="left"><li>I wrote a letter yesterday.</li><li>I was writing a letter yesterday.</li><li>I had written a letter yesterday.</li><li>I had been writing a letter yesterday.</li></div></ul>The ‘Future Tense’ represents an action that is yet to come.<br /><br />Examples:<br /><ul><div align="left"><li>I shall go to school.</li><li>I shall be going to school.</li><li>I shall have gone to school.</li><li>I shall have been going to school.</li></div></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26441940-7267479304160104123?l=engra.blogspot.com'/></div>जी.के. अवधियाnoreply@blogger.com1