These tenses are formed from the principal parts of verbs.

Each of these six tenses

has its own uses.
1. Past Tense – The past tense form of a verb, as the term suggests, can be used to
speak about or represent an event or action that already happened in the past.
Ex. Frances found out that Andie had not been taking her medicines for the last few
weeks.
2. Present Tense – Present tense is the form of a verb that expresses an action that
is happening now or at the time of speaking.
Ex. Robert and Kirby are on the way to the school.
It has been raining for quite some time now.
3. Future Tense – The future tense form of any verb refers to the conjugation of the
verb to represent an action that is going to happen in the future or will be continuing
in the future.
Ex. Denise will be coming home for the holidays.
Navya will write a song for the sectionals.
4. Past Perfect Tense – The past perfect tense clearly states that one action took place before
another action in the past. It can also be said that the past perfect tense represents a past action
that took place in the past.
Ex. I had not completed my work when my parents arrived.
When we were in college, we had performed this song live.
5. Present Perfect Tense – The present perfect tense
is employed in a sentence to represent an action that
just happened in the recent past and still has its
effect in the present or an action that represents an
indefinite time in the past.
Ex. Have you heard about the new education
policies?

6. Future Perfect Tense – The future perfect tense is a

tense form that can be used to represent an action or event that
will be over within a particular time in the future. The action
referred to in the future perfect tense has an end date or time.
Ex. We will have met the Principal before noon.