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Originally Posted by babdiwan Dear Sir/MadamPls tell me about tenses. i shall be very thankful to u.ThxBab Diwan |
There are quite a lot of aspects of the two tenses in the language. (past and non past, according to some guys)
You must point out which aspect you are interested in at this very moment.
aspects
present simple
present continuous
present perfect
present perfect continuous
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
In addition to all these there are a few more which are in use for expressing the future in English
the simple present will form the present continuous with the adverb of time pointed to the future
be going to form the future simple the future continuous the future perfect
the future perfect continuous
Also there are more things such as
conditionals, conditional, perfect conditional
infinitives, bare, full infinitives, complex infinitives, continuous etc
gerunds, active, perfect gerund, passive gerund etc
participles
imperative
etc
Most of the aspects takes not only active but passive forms as well. ( passive voice)
All the counted things are very interesting for you never know whether you've learned them well or not 
Anyway you started with imperative used for the request
Dear Sirs, would you please tell me about tenses in English? 
You may continue learning with the next sentences
I have just started to learn English. present perfect
Now, I am learning English. present continuous
I asked some questions to the guys from the forum. past simple
I am going out in five minutes. present continuous used for the decision which has to be done in the pointed future.
I will back soon. will form for the intention
etc...........
learner as well