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Tenses Rules of Tenses help one understand how to correctly use the different tenses in a sentence, without making a grammatical mistake and also by easily indicating when an event or action has occurred. Tenses can be divided into three parts: 1. Present Tense...

Tenses Rules of Tenses help one understand how to correctly use the different tenses in a sentence, without making a grammatical mistake and also by easily indicating when an event or action has occurred. Tenses can be divided into three parts: 1. Present Tense 2. Past Tense 3. Future Tense Each of the three above mentioned tenses can further be divided into subparts. These subparts include:  Simple  Continuous  Perfect  Perfect Continuous Tenses chart according to the verb aspect:  Past Present Future Simple I helped my neighbor I help my neighbor I will help my neighbor tomorrow yesterday Perfect I had helped my I have helped my I will have helped my neighbor a hundred times by the end neighbor clean his attic neighbor too much before I fixed his car. this week. of the month. Continuous I am helping my I will be helping my neighbor next month when he moves. I was helping my neighbor while he neighbor when fixes up his house. he brought me iced tea. Perfect I had been helping my I have been I will have been helping my neighbor for a year next month. Continuous neighbor for a year helping my before he finally neighbor since I thanked me. moved in. Detailed Explanation of Each Tense Type: Present Tense Present Tense can be defined as an expression for an activity that is currently in action or is habitually performed. It is used for a state that generally exists or is currently ongoing.  Simple Present Simple Present Tense Singular Plural Rule: Subject + V1 + s/es + Object Rule: Subject + V1 + Object Example: The girl sings a song Example: The girls sing a song Here the subject is Girls (plural) and no Here the subject is Girl (singular) and “s” has changes have been made with V1 (first form of been added to the verb (sing), followed by the verb) and the object object (song)  Present Continuous Present Continuous Tense Rule: Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + object Example: She is eating food Here the subject is She, followed by “is” The first form of verb (V1) here is “eat” and “ing” has been added to it, followed by the object “food”  Present Perfect Present Perfect Tense Singular Plural Rule: Subject + has + V3 + Object Rule: Subject + have + V3 + Object Example: He has cleaned the utensils Example: They have cleaned the utensils Here, “They” is the subject + have Here, “He” is the subject + has “Cleaned” is the third form of verb and utensils “Cleaned” is the third form of verb and utensils is the object is the object  Present Perfect Continuous Tense Present Perfect Continuous Tense Singular Plural Rule: Subject + has been + V1 + ing + Object Rule: Subject + have been + V1 + ing + Object Example: She has been practising since Example: They have been practising since morning morning Here “They” is the subject + have been, Here “She” is the subject + has been, followed by “ing” added to the the first form of followed by “ing” added to the the first form of verb “practise” and then the object verb “practise” and then the object Past Tense Any event or action that took place in the past can be referred to as the past tense. Below we have discussed in detail the four sub parts of past tense in English grammar.  Simple Past Simple Past Tense Rule: Subject + V2 + Object For example: He ran away Here, the subject is “He” and “ran” is the second form of verb (V2) of “run” followed by the object  Past Continuous Past Continuous Tense Singular Plural Rule: Subject + was + V1 + ing + Object Rule: Subject + were + V1 + ing + Object For example: She was going shopping For example: They were going shopping Here, the subject is “They” + were Here, the subject is “She” + was Followed by the first form of verb (V1) “go” + “ing” and then the object “shopping” It is followed by the first form of verb (V1) “go” + “ing” and then the object “shopping”  Past Perfect Past Perfect Tense Rule: Subject + had + V3 + Object For example: Sumit had left the job Here the subject is “Sumit” + had Then “left”, which is the third form of verb (V3) “leave” is given followed by the object  Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Tense Rule: Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object For example: They had been preparing for their performance for two months Here the subject is “They” + had been It is followed by “preparing”, which is the first form of verb (V1) of “prepare” and then the object Future Tense The actions that are to take place in the future fall in the category of the future tense. We have discussed the subparts of the future tense in detail further below in the article, followed by the examples for the same.  Simple Future Simple Future Tense Rule: Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object For Example: I will visit my Uncle tomorrow Here, the subject is “I” + will It is followed by the first form of verb (V1) “visit” and then the object  Future Continuous Future Continuous Tense Rule: Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object For Example: I shall be going to the market tomorrow In this example, the subject is “I” + shall be Following it is the first form of verb (V1) “go”+ing and then the object  Future Perfect Future Perfect Tense Rule: Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object For Example: I shall have prepared the notes by tomorrow morning In this example, the subject is “I” + shall have It is followed by “prepared”, which is the third form of Verb (V3) “prepare” and then the object  Future Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Tense Rule: Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object For Example: She will have been working here since 2015 Here, the subject is “She” + will have been It is followed by the first form of verb “work”+ing and then the object