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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:...

>To me, 'is likely' denotes present timeNo, it looks into the future, as any forecast would, and this is one. Simple present or even present perfect are used in constructions which refer to the future. Tense and time are not the same.

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

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...

.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...

Hi Ant222, My English skill is not in the “grammarian” class but I will give it my best attempt to explain it. It may not may not be agreeable with the experts. In many instances during casual conversations, we can bet by with simple past tense and no one will flag you for errors. However, to...

Anyway, I'm not going to write all those examples again, but the gist of it is that in the affirmative, you can explain a difference between present continuous and present perfect, but in the negative, when something doesn't happen, it doesn't make much difference if it doesn't...

I'd use only the first alternative in each case. Were those given to you? Reason: talking, killed are atemporal, they fit better with the present perfect which you have in the start of the sentences than the simple present that you have in the others. "Being killed" is too ...