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The grammatical term for the time form of the verb is TENSE, which is derived from a Latin word meaning time. The present time-form of the verb is called the present tense; the past time-form, the past tense; the future time-form, the future tense; the present perfect time-form, the present perfect tense, etc.

Exercise 5

Write each of the following four sentences in the six time-forms, or tenses,—present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect and future perfect, as follows:

Present—Labor creates all wealth.

Past—Labor created all wealth.

Future—Labor will create all wealth.

Present Perfect—Labor has created all wealth.

Past Perfect—Labor had created all wealth.

Future Perfect—Labor will have created all wealth.

1. Hope stirs us to action.

2. Human progress is our business.

3. The majority demand justice.

4. The workers fight all the battles.