[Grammar] tense in use

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Could you please tell me with examples which tense is used generally:

1. for describing people

2. for likes and dislikes
 

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The teachers here would probably ask you to provide examples first.

I am not a teacher.
 
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I also thought the same but i do have a book named Handshake from OUP that has given such questions without examples and it is really confusing. If you could suggest any solution ...................
 

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What do you mean by "tense?" Tenses of verbs depend on the time you are describing - the present, the past, the future, etc. Not on whether you are talking about a person or a thing.

You will need to ask something specific, your general question doesn't make any sense.
 

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Again I ask you, thakurprasaddhungel, are you really a teacher?

If so, you should know that 'I' is always capitalised.

If not, please amend your profile by clicking on Forum Actions and then Edit Profile.
 
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Dear sir SoothingDave
I found these general questions without examples in a book published by Oxford University Press named Handshake: a course in communication.
No clues are given there and those questions are asked. I was just confused but from your response now I believe that the writers of the book have limited knowledge ...............
 

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Again I ask you, thakurprasaddhungel, are you really a teacher?
It seems that you have yet to respond to the above question.

Not a teacher.
 
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