TENSE


Meaning of TENSE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ future , past , present

▪ verb

VERB + TENSE

▪ use

▪ form

The ‘-ed’ ending is used to form the past ~ of regular verbs.

TENSE + NOUN

▪ marker

the present ~ marker ‘s’

PREPOSITION

▪ in the … ~

In the sentence ‘I fed the cat’, ‘fed’ is in the past ~.

II.

verb

Tense is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ body , ↑ muscle , ↑ shoulder

Tense is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ muscle

III.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get , grow

The situation grew increasingly ~.

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ incredibly , particularly

▪ increasingly

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

I was feeling a little ~ and restless.

▪ visibly

Relations between the two leaders are visibly ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

There's no point in getting ~ about the situation.

Tense is used with these nouns: ↑ atmosphere , ↑ meeting , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ muscle , ↑ shoulder , ↑ silence , ↑ situation

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .