Time an‎d Tenses

The aim of this modest paper is to show the connection between time and tense and how the English tenses are used each in suitable place . The paper also aims at showing interrelation between tenses. The researcher has divided the paper into two main parts . The first part is devoted to discuss the past time and what tenses are used in referring to this time, also the simple past tense is discussed through comparison with the present perfect , past perfect and past progressive. In the second part, the researcher explained how future time is expressed. In other words .what means or ways over used in referring to future time.