1 Simple Past Where was he last night?     >>>  Simple Past He may have been at his house last night.   >>> Present Perfect  The question is in the form of " simple past " , so the answer should be as well. Where

Thank you, CalifJim, YoungBuddy, Mister Micawber Here are what I've learned so far. See if I got them right. Expressing Past Probability with "may have" in different scenarios: 1 Simple Past Where was he last night?

The "for" is optional - you can use both. Simple past tense is fine. Present perfect is not OK, because your sentence implies that you are no longer living in France. Present perfect is used to mean continuation up to the present. Past

Past progressive or Past Perfect Progressive Of the two, past progressive is the only one that seems idiomatic to my ear, but present is fine as well. In fact, present tense was the first that came to mind for me, i.e., he's a 'fast

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,

Here are some Present - Past pairs: Simple present - Simple past Present progressive - Past progressive Present perfect - Past perfect Present perfect progressive - Past perfect progressive (Simple) Future (of the Present) (will) - ( Simple)

You can use a specific time (yesterday, Monday, etc.) with the present perfect progressive as long as you've got 'since' or 'for' right before that specific time. "She's been calling me since yesterday/Monday" or

Dear Teachers, I would like to know how the past progressive tense works, and when it is correct to use it, in contradiction to the simple past tense? Moreover, I would like to get a terse explanation about 'present perfect progressive', I'm not

Onh1986 wrote: So what the difference between: - I was thinking. - I have thought. Hi, it is difficult to answer, because you should put verbs in example sentences in order to understand how to use them. I am thinking now. That's what

Cool Breeze is right. And by the way, B has perfection, had been waiting is past perfect progressive. Without perfection would be the simple past progressive of was waiting .