There are how many main types of tenses in English?
ATwo: past and present only
BThree: past, present and future
CFour: past, present, future and conditional
DOne: time of speech only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Three: past, present and future
1. The chapter section on tense lists three.
2. Past tense for completed actions.
3. Present tense for actions happening now.
4. Future tense for actions yet to occur.
_Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Tenses_
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