In Football^x, Past perfect^x

1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past perfect (or...

Hi, Jose Mourinho has ruled himself out of the running to become England coach. The former Chelsea boss revealed he had held talks with the Football Association following Steve McClaren's dismissal last month. But in a statement on his agent's website, Mourinho said: "After serious thought,...

Jose Mourinho has ruled himself out of the running to become England coach. The former Chelsea boss revealed he had held talks with the Football Association following Steve McClaren's dismissal last month. But in a statement on his agent's website, Mourinho said: "After serious thought,...

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!!!!

Onh1986 wrote:What do we put Present Perfect Continuous in this not Present Simple? -It is obvious that they have been playing football in the park.It's continuous because the author wants to give the reader, in this case, the feeling that the action took place over some time, and...

Present point of view. It is obvious that they play football. (They show the muscular development of football players. They are wearing football uniforms. They are carrying a football. I hear them talking about playing football.) This statement says that they regularly engage in this...

OK What do we put Present Perfect Continuous in this not Present Simple? -It is obvious that they have been playing football in the park.

It was obvious that they had been playing football in the park. At the moment in question one would say: «It is obvious that they have been playing football in the park.» Now this moment is in the past. And they played footbal even before that moment. So, we use Past Perfect to...

Hello Why did we put here Past Perfect Continuous not Present Continuous? - It was obvious that they had been playing football in the park. Why did we put here Past Perfect not Present Perfect? - As soon as I saw her, I relised we had met before. Thanks & Regards

Hello Which of the highlighted verbs should be in the past perfect simple or continuous? a- It was obvious that they play football in the park. b- As soon as I saw her, I realised we met before. c- The frustrated passengers waited for several hours before someone finally made an...