Understanding Tense in Grammar

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By ‘Tense’ we can understand the correspondence between the form of the verb and our concept of ______

time

The term ‘Tense’ denotes the form of a verb which shows the ______ at which an action happened.

time

The match takes place on ______.

Sunday

Mohan is about to ______.

come

In sentence (i), the verb ‘goes’ denotes the ______ tense and refers to the present time.

present

We use the modal auxiliaries ‘shall’ and ‘will’, with the present tense, etc. to express ______ time.

future

According to traditional grammarians, English has three tenses: (i) Present Tense (ii) Past Tense and (iii) ______ Tense.

Future

The Simple Present Tense is formed by using the plain infinitive. But -s or -es are added to the bare infinitive for the third person singular (He, She) and singular noun. We form the negative sentences by using doesn’t or don’t before the main ______.

verb

The interrogative sentences are formed by using do or does before the subject. The negative interrogative sentences are formed by using do or does before the subject and not after the subject. But the short forms don’t and doesn’t come before the ______.

Subject

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Tenses

This quiz explores the concept of 'Tense' in grammar, focusing on how verbs indicate the time and state of an action. Examples are provided to illustrate present, past, and future tenses.

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