Male in hi-viz jacket: Past, present and future tenses are important because we may use the term say 'there is wear' in a component. So we'll have a look maybe it might last a bit longer so we'll ...

He was sticky. The present tense is used when something is happening now or when something happens regularly. He is sticky. The future tense is used to talk about things that haven't happened yet.

Future Tense is the citizen’s guide to the future.

Then read on. AMONG the most common questions asked by readers of MOE’s Question and Answer section (June 2001 – Feb 2012) were questions to do with present and past perfect tenses in English.