TENSES Prithviraj Thakur, Department of English, G.S. Arts, Commerce and Science College, Khamgaon. - ppt video online download : The Importance of Time Tense expresses the time of an event or action. Time and how it is expressed in writing is very important to English readers. The English language has twelve different tenses. In this lesson, we will review the meaning of each verb tense. Prithviraj Thakur, Department of English, G.S. Arts, Commerce and Science College, Khamgaon.