What is Tense? (Quick and Simple Explanation)

What is tense? In a simple sentence Tense is the representation of the time of any action or work.

Tense = Time of action

In other words, if you want to express of any kind of work you do, you will need tense. 

For example , when you say "I sleep" , it represents the present tense. When you say "I slept" , it represents the past tense.

There are three primary tenses:

1. Past = happened 

2. Present = now

3. Future = will happen

and each of these tenses are divided into four types :

1. Simple

2. Continuous

3. Perfect

4. Perfect continuous