A tense chart in English outlines the rules and types of tenses used to indicate the time of an action. There are three main types: Present, Past, and Future, each with four subtypes: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, and Perfect Continuous.
Examples:
- Simple Present: She sings.
- Present Continuous: She is singing.
- Present Perfect: She has sung.
- Present Perfect Continuous: She has been singing.
Similarly:
- Past: He wrote, was writing, had written, had been writing.
- Future: They will go, will be going, will have gone, will have been going.
Tense rules ensure clarity in expressing time and action.