CAT Tutorials : Tenses

Tense express the time of verb

1. Simple Present Tense :
   used for things that are true at the present,
   but not necessarily happening right now
   e.g. He plays for the Chennai team.


2. Simple Present Continous Tense :
   used for things, happening right now
   e.g. he is playing with a great spirit.


3. Simple Past Tense :
   used for things that were true in the past,
   but not necessarily happening that time
   e.g Ryan went to the zoo and enjoyed a lot.


4. Simple Past Continous Tense :
   used for things, that was happening in the past
   e.g. He was eating his lunch at that time.


5. Simple Future Tense :
   used for things that will be true at the future,
   but not necessarily will happen
   e.g. He will play for the Kolkatta team.


6. Simple Future Continous Tense :
   used for things, will be happening in future
   e.g. He will be playing for the Kolkatta team with a great hope to win.


7. Present Perfect Tense :
   indicates action occurred in the past and has continued into the present
   e.g. He has been a great employee.


8. Past Perfect Tense :
   indicates an action completed in the past before another action completed in the past
   e.g. His century had been the fastest before the one scored by Sachin.


9. Future Perfect Tense :
   indicates an action will be completed in future before another future action
   e.g. By Monday, RBI will have reduced the CRR by 2 percent .

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