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Thank you for your comments and advice, both RayH and Clive As Clive says, what you say makes sense to me. Probably a) and d) may be ambiguous and readers may refer to them as "present tense," not "present perfect tense." Thank you for pointing it out! However, as RayH...

.1) we form the Present Perfect tense with "has/have"+ the past participle. It is used to show:a) actions that have been completed recently.-- Yes, that is one use 2) we form the Past Perfect Tense with "had" + the past participle. It is used to showa) an action that...

Hi Mentors, Tutors and Native English Speakers/writersCan i say: 1) we form the Present Perfect tense with "has/have" 2) we form the Past Perfect Tense with "had" + the past participle. It is used to show: ...

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...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

1. We usually use present continuous tense refers to something happening right at this moment. Here are two sentences from my grammar book: A few artists live in town today. A few artists are living in town today. What does the second sentence mean here? I think the first one is definitely...

On my grammar book, it says: When the verb in the main clause is in the past or past perfect tense, the verb in the subordinate cluase must also be past or past perfect. Here is the example: The researchers discovered that people varied widely in their knowledge of public events. the first verb...

Bokeh wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: Are you saying that the simple past is not used for recent events in BrE? What about:I think I saw a ghost! GG, that example has different context. You are specifically stating that the sighting is over; if it were not you would use the present tense: I think...

Hello Khelagor, I see you are new to the forums. Welcome. If you want people to respond to your posts, you must make sure you do not have the box checked that will keep people from replying. You are asking about the verb "to have" and its various forms. It's a pretty large topic. To start...