In modern English “began” is the simple past tense of “begin” “he began to study for the test at midnight.” But the past participle form—preceded by a helping verb—is “begun.” “By morning, he had begun to forget everything he’d studied that night.”

Begin verb forms

11 Past participle forms

Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future. The past is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The future tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now).

There are three main verb tenses; past, present and future. The present tense of a verb is the ‘original’ form. The past tense can have different patterns. The future simple is formed with ‘will’.

He/She/It will/shall do. I will/shall do. You/We/They will/shall do. He/She/It will/shall be doing.

The perfect tense or aspect (abbreviated PERF or PRF) is a verb form that indicates that an action or circumstance occurred earlier than the time under consideration, often focusing attention on the resulting state rather than on the occurrence itself.

The perfect tense is used to describe events that happen before something else and can appear in conjunction with past, present, and future tenses.

What is another word for perfect?

Present Tense can be defined as an expression for an activity that is currently in action or is habitually performed. It is used for a state that generally exists or is currently ongoing….Simple Present.

As many English teachers and English students know, there are many different ways to describe the present. In English, there are four present tenses: simple present, present perfect, present continuous, and present perfect continuous.

four future tenses

I have been writing articles on different topics since morning. He has been reading the book for two hours. They have been playing football for an hour.

The simple present tense is used to talk about things that we do all the time. The present continuous tense is used to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking.

Perfect tense is a category of verb tense used to describe completed actions. It covers the past perfect tense, the present perfect tense, and the future perfect tense. It is sometimes called the complete tense.

Note that continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. So the Present Perfect Continuous tense is sometimes called the Present Perfect Progressive tense….For and Since with Present Perfect Continuous tense.