Using the Correct Tense
content.byui.edu › file › b8b83119-9acc-4a7b-bc84Using the Correct Tense. The three tenses in English are past, present, and future. We use past tense to write about the past. We use present tense to write about facts, opinions, or things that happen regularly. We use future tense to write about future events. There are other aspects of each of those tenses, but we will not study them in this lesson.