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Tense in Odia to English: 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:

Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

Each of the three above mentioned tenses can further be divided into subparts. These subparts include:

Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous

In this article, we shall discuss in detail the tenses rules for the above-mentioned types of verb tenses, followed by examples to explain them clearly.

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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

Present Continuous:

Present Perfect:

Present Perfect Continuous:

Given below are a few examples that may help you differentiate between the four subparts of present tense easily:

Raj speaks German (Simple Present for Singular)

They speak German (Simple Present for Plural)

She is speaking German (Present Continuous)

He has learnt German (Present Perfect for Singular)

They have learnt German (Present Perfect for Plural)

She has been learning German (Present Perfect Continuous for Singular)

They have been learning German (Present Perfect Continuous for Plural)

Also, go through the concepts and sample questions of important English topics such as :

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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 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 Tense

Singular

Rule: Subject + was + V1 + ing + Object
For example: She was going shopping
Here, the subject is “She” + was. It is followed by the first form of verb (V1) “go” + “ing” and then the object “shopping”

Plural

Rule: Subject + were + V1 + ing + Object
For example: They were going shopping
Here, the subject is “They” + were. Followed by the first form of verb (V1) “go” + “ing” and then the object “shopping”

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 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

To help you understand past tense and its form even better, given below are a few examples to simplify the concept:

I played football yesterday (Simple Past)

I was playing football yesterday (Past Continuous for Singular)

They were playing football yesterday (Past Continuous for Plural)

They had played football yesterday (Past Perfect)

They had been playing football the entire yesterday (Past Perfect Continuous)

Future Tense

The actions that are to take place in the future fall in the category of 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 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 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 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 Tense