By Tenses, Perfect progressive

Don't you understand what people are talking about when they refer to "verb tenses", Jackson? The -ing form of verbs are used in the progressive/continuous 'tenses':- present progressive- present perfect progressive- past perfect progressive- future progressiveetc."I have been sleeping." "It...

Strictly speaking there are only two tenses, but the idea of tense is usually extended to include aspect and voice. Tenses: Present, Past. Aspects: Simple, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive Voices: Active, Passive Each tense can be expressed in all four aspect possibilities, so...

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past Progressive Tense 8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense 9: Simple Future...

Tanglish wrote: Hi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses???? Thanks!!!!

User_gary wrote:It is two years since you were married. I learnt that since is used only with perfect tenses' e.g. (present perfect, present perfect progressive, ...........etc.) But in the above sentence it has been used with simple present tense. So I am confused. Could anyone assist me in...

It is two years since you are married. I learnt that since is used only with `perfect tenses' e.g. (present perfect, present perfect progressive, ...........etc.) But in the above sentence it has been used with (simple present tense). So I am confused. Could assist me on this?

Clive wrote: Hi, Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order. The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order. As he entered the classroom, the students had been...

Hi, Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order. The room has been freezing since its air conditioning went out of order. As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for...

Please could you take a look for me? I just made them up by myself. The room has been being freezing since its air conditioning went out of order. As he entered the classroom, the students had been being noisy for quite a while. In February, I will have been being in the same position in this...

Hi, I've rarely seen grammar books that give sentence examples of using "Perfect Progressive" tense for Be Verb. Is that because they don't exist? Please advise. They exist, but you need a context in which they make sense. Be verb in Present Perfect Progressive tense Be verb in Past Perfect...