In Football^x, Present perfect^x

hi , i have some sentence i hope to find explications answar me quation "why we use the presnt perfect or present perfect continuous ?? " 1. Tom's has got an important job to finish by the end of the month. He (stay) at work until after 10 o'clock three days this week already....

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...

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...

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...

The short answer is that if you're talking about not having done something for a certain period of time, use the present perfect after since , and if you're talking about what you did some time ago , use the simple past. ___________ The long answer. If the meaning is I have not...

I agree with Philip and CB.. Lia, are you sure you're not supposed to simply use the verb 'play' in the present perfect continuous? That would be a normal usage: Those boys have been playing football in the evening. Or does your teacher want you to possibly write something like this? Those boys...

Lia wrote: Please help me with this sentence (Those boys like to play football in the evening) change it into Present perfect continuous tense. Is there anyone who can help me. Thanks! is what you've asked for. It is awkard to my ear, however.

Please help me with this sentence (Those boys like to play football in the evening) change it into Present perfect continuous tense. Is there anyone who can help me. Thanks!

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...