Hi readers,
We at SPC Spoken English Classes realised that it would be a good idea to give a general overview on tenses and their importance while speaking in English.
With our years of experience in teaching english to different students with personal guidance, we realized that one of the toughest topics for our students in learning to speak in English is 'tenses'.
This has been a concern for many students irrespective of the different english speaking academies and institutes they have attended here in Pune.
Do you know what tense is?
Tense is a category in English grammar that helps you explain something about a person/ object/ event/ action relative to time.
So let's have a look below.
There are three main types of tenses:
a) Past Tense
b) Present Tense
c) Future Tense
Each of these three main tenses are further divided into four kinds.
Please see the important words for each kind. These words have to be used based on the tense used while speaking.
a) Past Tense
1. Simple Past
Important words:
did / didn't
2. Simple Past Continuous
Important words:
was / wasn't
were / weren't
3. Past Perfect
Important words:
had / hadn't
4. Past Perfect Continuous
Important words:
had been / hadn't been
b) Present Tense
1. Simple Present
Important words:
do / don't (do not)
does / doesn't (does not)
2. Simple Present Continuous
Important words:
is / are / am
isn't (is not) / aren't (are not) / ain't (am not)
3. Present Perfect
Important words:
has / hasn't (has not)
have / haven't (have not)
4. Present Perfect Continuous
Important words:
has been / hasn't been (has not been)
have been / haven't been (have not been)
c) Future Tense
1. Simple Future
Important words:
will / won't (will not)
shall / shan't (shall not)
2. Simple Future Continuous
Important words:
will be / won't be (will not be)
shall be / shan't be (shall not be)
3. Future Perfect
Important words:
will have / won't have (will not have)
shall have / shan't have (shall not have)
4. Future Perfect Continuous
Important words:
will have been / won't have been (will not have been)
shall have been / shan't have been (shall not have been)
These are the key types and kinds of tenses that will more than often be used in your daily routine of speaking in english.
Although you're reading this as a blog, but learning english online is not as effective as having a face-to-face tutoring class such as our spoken english classes in Pune.
I hope you found this blog helpful in understanding or at least being aware of the basic tenses in english.
Please note: The above content does not imply or restrict the scope and application of tenses due to multiple concepts and applications around tenses.
To learn more of tenses and to use them correctly while speaking in english, feel free to give us a call and join your conveniently located english classes in Pune.
Happy reading, happy learning!
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