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Hi everybody,Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past...

Hi everybody,I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle:Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical...

Here are some Present - Past pairs:Simple present - Simple past (Future of the Past -- (with would)-- is also called "Conditional".)(Progressive is also called Continuous.) Caution: Not all discussions of tense use the same names for the tenses. CJ

Thank you so much CB, I'm taking them all in now. But, In the one sentence you crossed out the word "had", I was taught it had to be present to differentiate the order of occuraces or actions taken place in a sentence that has more than 1 clause. Let me expand on it by ways of...

Huygen, By reading your post, something tells me that your English level should be beyond the question you just asked, and able to categorize the tenses already. There are 3 basic tenses: Simple past – present – future There are past progressive- present progressive- future progressive....

Hahah, you two make me laugh with these posts.Yoong, all your emoticons and hyper-links work fine for me. I can click on your links and it brings up the post, just like it's supposed to. About contractions: It depends upon what kind of contraction. Personal pronoun contractions can be used...

Hi, Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Continuous I was studying EnglishPast Perfect: I had studied English Past Perfect...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...

.I have struck out the incorrect ones:a) I haven’t spoken to him yet - present perfect continuousb) Did you go to the pub last night? - past perfectc) They’re living in Paris now - simple present continuousd) I didn’t know that I hadn’t locked the door - past perfecte)...

a) I haven’t spoken to him yet - present perfect continuousb) Did you go to the pub last night? - past perfectc) They’re living in Paris now - simple present continuousd) I didn’t know that I hadn’t locked the door - past perfecte) I’ve been thinking of leaving...