Verb Tenses

 

 

Present tense – tells what is happening now. 

 

Eg. Savitri loves her husband.

 

Past tense – tells about something that happened in the past.

 

Eg. Savitri loved her husband.

 

Future tense – tells about something that will happen in the future.

 

Eg. They will meet again when the war is over.

 

Present perfect tense – tells about something that happened at an indefinite time in the past.  The present perfect tense consists of has or have + the past participle.

 

Eg. I have eaten already.  He has eaten, too.

 

Past perfect tense – tells about something that happened before something else in the past.  The past perfect tense consists of had + the past participle.

 

Eg. I had already eaten when they arrived.