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I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past Progressive Tense 8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense 9: Simple Future...

Matt0915 wrote: 3. Why is, I have been watching my neighbor dig a hole all day in Present Progressive, BUT I watched my neighbor dig a hole all day yesterday not in Past Progressive? I have been watching my neighbor dig a hole all day is Present Progressive because it states the neighbor is...

When we use the exact words of the speaker or writer are used it's called quoted speech. If a statement is put into reported speech, the reporting verb is usually in the simple past and the verb in the reported statement is usually changed to a past tense. Simple past ----------------> ...

Pemmican wrote:As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present...

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle d)...