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How many kinds of tenses are there in English
English has three tenses present, past and future, which are subcategorized as:
Present Tense
i. Present indefinite or present simple tense
i. Present perfect tense
iii. Present continuous or progressive tense iv. Present perfect continuous or progressive tense
Past Tense
i. Past indefinite or past simple tense
il. Past perfect tense
iii. Past continuous or progressive tense
iv. Past perfect continuous or progressive tense
Future Tense
Future indefinite or simple tense
ii. Future perfect tense
ili. Future continuous or progressive tense
iv. Future perfect continuous or progressive tense
It must be noted that it is only in the past and present tense that the English verbs are conjugated. The future tense can be shown in many ways including using present tense.