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How good are your TENSES?

June 01, 2016 14:20 IST
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According to the Cambridge dictionary, 'a tense is any form of a verb which shows the time at which an action happened.'

Read these sentences:

"They spent the night at the office working."

"He has been trying to save some money."

The verbs which have been italicised denote the tenses of each sentence.

Do you know the difference between the present, past and future tense?

Do you know what a present continuous tense is?

Take the quiz below and identify the tenses in each of the sentences.

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