Just as the Present. Tense has four forms; the Past Tense also has the following four forms.
1. I loved (Simple Past)
2. I was loving (Past Continuous.)
3. I had loved (Past Perfect)
4. I had been loving (Past Perfect Continuous)
Similarly the Future Tense has the following four forms.
1. I shall / will love ( Simple Future)
2. I shall / will be loving (Future Continuous.)
3. I shall / will have loved ( Future Perfect)
4. I shall have been loving (Future Perfect Continuous.)
We may now define Tense as
A verb agrees with its subject in number and person. Study the verb form of various tenses.
Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Tense
I speak I am speaking
You speak You are speaking
He speaks He is speaking
We speak We are Speaking
They speak They are speaking
Present Perfect Tense Present Perfect Continuous Tense
I have spoken I have been speaking
You have spoken You have been speaking
He has spoken He has been speaking
We have spoken We have been speaking
They have spoken They have been speaking
Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Tense
I spoke I was speaking
You spoke You were speaking
He spoke He was speaking
We spoke We were speaking
They spoke They were speaking
Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
I had spoken I had been Speaking
You had spoken You had been Speaking
He had Spoken He had been Speaking
We had Spoken We had been Speaking
They had spoken They had been Speaking
Simple Future Future Continuous Tense
I shall/ will Speak I shall / will be speaking
You will speak You will be speaking
He will speak He will be speaking
We shall /will speak We shall / will be speaking
They will speak They will be speaking
Future Perfect Tense Future Perfect Continuous Tense
I shall / will have spoken I shall/ will have been speaking
You will have spoken You will have been speaking
He will have spoken He will have been speaking
We shall / will have spoken He shall / will been speaking
They will speak They will be speaking
Future Perfect Tense Future Perfect Continuous Tense
I shall / will have spoken I shall / will have been speaking
You will have spoken You will have been speaking
He will have spoken He will have been speaking
They will have spoken they will have been speaking
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