In traditional English grammar, we have six tenses of verbs:
1. present tense (I decide)
2. past tense (I decided)
3. future tense (I will decide)
4. present-perfect tense (I have decided)
5. past-perfect tense (pluperfect) (I had decided)
6. future-perfect tense (I will have decided).
We also have six progressive tenses, also called the progressive aspect of verbs.
When you conjugate a verb, you reveal all tenses using the three persons (first, second, third) and showing singular and plural forms.
You'll find a complete discussion of tenses and verb conjugation in the section on Verbs in Parts of Speech on Grammar.com. Click here for the beginning of that discussion.
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