By Grammar, Present perfect

Re: a Few grammar questions

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

a Few grammar questions

Hi everyone,I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them:Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb?I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule?Why does the present tense not exist in English? What...

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

Complete any of the phrases above by adding any of these: frightened of snakes, interested in science, focused on his studies, tired of reading, fascinated by insects, bored with grammar.None of the resulting sentences has a passive construction.CJ

Past/present or past perfect tense in ?

A partial grammar question letter : ' "Hello Grammar Teacher, I would like to thank you for your edition. However, I am not able to understand the logic of your edition. Could you..." Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, At the time of writing the letter, I still have not understood...

Present perfect continuous tense/live

Sentence A. My friends have been living in the next house for five years. Sentence B. My friends have been living in the next house for five years so far. davkett #123154 Mon, 01 Aug 05 09:38 PM This might do it: 'I have been listening to the...

Present Perfect or Simple Past

Hi there,I know theoretically difference between these two tenses, but it's confusing to me how to know when some action has an effect in the present (for PP)?I understand all the examples written in grammar reviews, but when I have to use it in my sentence I have no idea what to...

Past tense and Present perfect tense/live

A I have friends who lived in the next house for five years. B. I have friends who have lived in the next house for five years. Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Is Sentence A called a Past tense because my friends are no longer living in the next house ? 2. Is Sentence B called a...

Re: 3 idioms, and my sentences with them, could you take a look?

I'm not clear what you are asking here.As for your grammar questions, as always, I leave them to the grammar experts.

Re: Do you mean to say

Mister Micawber, I would like to thank you for the explanation.However, I have found one example of the present perfect tense which used the word "now" in the British council grammar...

questions about logical sequence of the meanings of verb tenses

Hi, everybody: I have an idea about "the logical sequence of the meanings of all verb tenses" and I am not sure that I am right. Please help me. I think: In the negative forms of all verb tenses, the objects modified by the negative meanings are the original...