http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aFootball+tag%3aSimple+past+tag%3aPast+perfectSearch results for 'tag:Football tag:Simple past tag:Past perfect' matching tags 'Football', 'Simple past', and 'Past perfect'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpOverHere/gzvnp/post.htm#527083Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:08:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:527083mr wordy1 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 pluperfect tense So even though have on its own is present tense it forms a past tense with other verbs If you do a Google search for these tense names then you will find tons of information on their uses See for example http www englishpage com verbpage pastperfect html this page describes the past perfect all the other tenses are linked down the left hand side I have played football yesterday isn t right have played football has the general sense of played football on one or more unspecified occasions in the past and it doesn t go with yesterday which is a specific occasion Instead you would say I played football yesterday 2 Never can be used with a variety of different tenses depending on when the thing in question wasn t isn t done or didn t doesn t happen A couple of examples You never told me that you loved me means that you didn t tell me in the past but you might tell me now or in the future You never tell me that you love me means that you didn t tell me in the past and you don t tell me now In other words the absence of telling continues up to and including the present It s not possible to use the present tense with never before so I never do that before is wrong It should be I never did that before or I have never done that before http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vcrrk/post.htm#343920Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:37:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343920user_gary 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 I don t understand exactly what you mean Here is some basics that might help you Verb has four forms prsent simple Break hold make drink write Past simple Broke held made drank wrote Past participle broken held made drunk written Present participle breaking holding making drinking writing Note sometimes simple past and past participle has same forms e g held held made made As I told you above Present participle is ing form of verbs Present participle is used to write present progressive present perfect progressive past progressive past perfect progressive future progressive future perfect progressive E g I am reading books Here reading is present participle It is present progressive sentence I have been playing football for five hours Here playing is present participle been is past participle It is present perfect progressive sentence Past participle is used to write perfect tenses e g Present perfect present perfect progressive past perfect past perfect progressive future perfect future perfect progressive e g I have made this book here made is past participle It is present perfect sentence I have been asking questions for 7 hours here been is past participle asking is present participle It is present perfect progressive sentence http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedsToBeConfirmed/jwbj/post.htm#46555Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:16:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:46555califjimIf I weren t interested in football I wouldn t have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening The Type 1 Conditional form is If I am not interested in football I won t mind watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening Note that the future won t and the past yesterday are contradictory and this sentence does not make any sense The so called Type 2 Conditional form has the simple past in the if clause except for the verb to be which in the Type 2 Conditional form is always were not was So the Type 2 Conditional form of this would be If I weren t interested in football I wouldn t mind watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening Note not wasn t because to be is an exception And wouldn t minded is not correct But Type 2 is also a sort of future a hypothetical future let s say So this sentence does not make any sense either because of the yesterday The Type 3 Conditional form would be If I hadn t been interested in football I wouldn t have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening have minded makes it past so this sentence is OK with yesterday This sentence says I did mind watching the film The example sentence is as you have seen neither Type 2 nor Type 3 It is an exceptional case which is also correct We can call it Type 4 if you like In fact we can list at least five types although most books list only the three most common 1 IF present will 2 IF past would 3 IF past perfect would have 4 IF past would have IF Type2 Type 3 mixed 5 IF past perfect would IF Type 3 Type 2 mixed Type 4 If I spoke Japanese I would have translated the documents for you If I were smart I would have bought that book when it was on sale And the example that started this thread If I weren t interested in football I wouldn t have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening Type 5 If George had taken those math courses last year he would now be much farther along in earning his degree If Marge had won the prize money she would already be spending it on new clothes If he had seen the film he would know what we re talking about Hope this helped you more than it complicated your life See http www englishpage com conditional mixedconditional html for a variety of examples some of which were the models for mine above