NOTES : GRAMMAR (TENSES - PRESENT, PAST, FUTURE)

Tenses

Tenses are words that show the time of an action, an event or a situation.

Tenses are used to show whether the action is happening at that time,

is completed or is habitual.

Tenses can be divided into 3 parts :

present tense, past tense, future tense

Present tense It refers to the present time
Simple Present Tense		Present Continuous Tense				Present Perfect Tense
Subject	Verb	Subject			Verb	Subject			Verb
I/ You/We/They	sing	I		am	singing	I	have		sung
		You/We/They		are	singing	You/We/They	have		sung
He/She/It	sings	He/She/It		is	singing	He/She/It	has		sung
·   It is used to show instruction, habitual actions, general statements			·    It is used to show an action taking place at the time of speaking					·    It is used to an action has just happened and can be used with words like already, yet, for,  since

past tense It refers to the past time
Simple Past Tense		Past Continuous Tense				Past Perfect Tense
Subject	Verb	Subject			Verb	Subject			Verb
I/ You/We/They	sang	I		was	singing	I		had	sung
		You/We/They		were	singing	You/We/They		had	sung
He/She/It	sang	He/She/It		was	singing	He/She/It		had	sung
·   It is used to show an action that happened in the past, habitual past action			·    It is used to show an action happening at a certain time in the past				·    It is used to an action that had been completed at a certain time in the past

future tense It refers to something that will happen in time to come
Simple Future Tense			Future Continuous Tense			Future Perfect Tense
Subject		Verb	Subject		Verb	Subject			Verb
I/ You/We/They	will	sing	I/ You/We/They	will be	singing	I/ You/We/They		will have	sung
He/She/It	will	sing	He/She/It	will be	singing	He/She/It		will have	sung
·   It is used to refer to something that is going to take place in the future			·    It is used to show an action that will take place at a particular time in the future				·    It is used to an action that will be completed by a definite time in the future