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1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past perfect (or...

Voltaire101 wrote: I can differe make the difference between the present continuous tense and the simple present tense. The difference is : - The simple present tense is used for a repeated or habitual action that happens always or often or usually. In these cases you'll have an adverb or a...

The sentence "your body is relaxed" - "is" is present tense of the verb "to be", right? And is 'relaxed' the past participle? Also, the sentence "the restaurant staff played football against the customers" - what type of words are 'restaurant' and 'staff'. 'Staff' is a noun, right? And...

1a. That's not the man I married, these days he will sit in front of the telly for hours watching football. 1b. At the beginning of our relationship, he would write some romantic letters for me, he would send me flowers every day. 3a. I can swim the distance of 400m in 90 seconds! 3b. As a...

MrM, All are incorrect verb tenses, Jack. The 'simple present' tense is NOT used for events which occur at the moment of speaking-- for 'now' we use the present continuous... I have a book that says that it's possible to use the simple present at the moment of speaking for ex. when a...