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I chose my wording carefully to avoid both present perfect and past tenses, Amintnt.You are finished-- finished is a predicate adjective.(The performance was not a finished production -- finished is an attributive adjective.)

Mister Micawber wrote:In the first case, you are finished thinking; in the second case, you are not.Excuse me........... "You have finished" or "you are finished"? Is the second one passive? :blink:

But I know that in Past Progressive, there must be two clauses conjuncted by "when" or "while". Is that true? If so, what the difference between: - I was thinking. - I have thought.

In the first case, you are finished thinking; in the second case, you are not.

Hello What the difference between these simple sentences: - I was thinking. - I have been thinking. Thanks

Hi, Present perfect is 'I have waited in the mall'. Present perfect progressive is 'I have been waiting in the mall'. You need to revise your explanation. Then post it here again, if you want to. Best wishes, Clive

Hey you seem quite smart so I thought I'd ask you a question, I hope you have time to help me with this. Basically is this correct? The difference between present perfect and present perfect progressive.Example to students I’d show the students a sentence such as ‘I’m...

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...

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!!!!