verb tense
Action time indicator
Verb tense is the grammatical feature that locates an action or state in time—past, present, or future.
English marks tense through verb forms: walked versus walk versus will walk.
Tense often combines with aspect to show whether an action is completed, ongoing, or habitual: I ate, I was eating, I used to eat.
- pastTime already gone
- simple pastTense for completed actions
- past perfectTense showing prior completion
- perfectiveAspect showing completion
- futureTime still to come
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