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What kind of tense is It is a fine Saturday?

The verb - is - is a present tense be verb so the tense of this sentence is present. Also because there is only one verb you could say it is present simple.


What are the 7 simple present tenses?

There is only one simple present tense.


What is simple tenses of a verbs?

There is no simple tense. There is only past, present or future tense.But there is a present simple tense and a past simple tense. They are called simple because they only have one verb:I walk to school - I walked to school.Both these sentences, one is past and one is present, have only one verb = walk/ed.Compared to a present perfect sentence which has two verbs an auxiliary verb have or has and a main verb:I have walked to school.


How many tenses are there in present tense?

There are five tenses: 1.simple present 2.present continuous 3.present perfect 4.present perfect continuous 5. present passive


The simple tenses are the presentpresent participle and past participle is it true or false.?

The Simple Aspect of the Indicative Mood: the Present Tense, the Past Tense, the Present Perfect, the Past Perfect and the Future. On the other hand, we can term "simple" all the tenses that are made up of only ONE form (they have no auxiliary verb such as WILL, WOULD, SHOULD, SHALL, AM, IS, ARE, HAVE, HAS, HAD): the Present Simple, the Past Tense Simple, the Imperative Mood, the Part Participle, the Present Participle (also called Gerund), the Synthetic Subjunctive.


What are the kind of the simple tense?

Simple present and simple past (or past simple and present simple). They are called simple because they only have one verb.I like ice cream.I had ice cream for lunch


What is future simple and its functions?

A simple tense only has one verb eg present simple/past simple. All future forms have more than one verb so there is no future simple tense.


What is a simple tense?

Geoffrey Leech in 'An A-Z of English Grammar' defines a simple tense as a tense that has only one verb eg past simple -- I went to school in Auckland. -- verb = went present simple -- We live in Ekatahuna. -- verb = live


How do you form the present tense?

The simple present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "do" + VerbHowever, the auxiliary verb is only used in negative sentences.E.g. I walk VS I do not walk.


What are the two tenses that will never have auxiliary verbs?

The two tenses that will never have auxiliary verbs are the simple present tense and the simple past tense. In these tenses, the main verb stands alone without the need for an auxiliary (helping) verb to form the sentence. For example, in the simple present tense, "I eat" and in the simple past tense, "She ran," the main verbs "eat" and "ran" do not require auxiliary verbs to convey the intended meaning.


What is the formula of the present tense in french?

The simple present tense follows this structure:Subject + Auxiliary Verb "do" + VerbHowever, the auxiliary verb is only used in negative sentences.e.g. I like VS I do not like


The simple tenses of verbs?

the simple tenses of verbsThe simple present and the simple past are termed "simple" because they are expressed by direct inflection on the verb. English verbs are not inflected for future tense, but expressions with the modal will are often spoken of as "future tense." Some grammars use the term tense to refer what are technically tense and aspect combinations: present perfect, past perfect, present progressive, past progressive, present perfect progressive, and past perfect progressive. Very occasionally, voice (i.e. passive) is treated as a kind of tense.Finally, some authorities use emphatic tense to refer to some or all constructions using the modal do. Only the basic present and past forms qualify as simple.(Present, Past, and Future)