Basically the past simple is for completed actions that have finished in the past and the past perfect describes actions that finished up to a certain point in the past. This is also known as the past of the past. For example - "I ate two

Had and been are both helping verbs. Helping verbs must help action verbs. In this sentence, had and been are helping the present participle making , which is an action verb. Because making is a present participle, it must have helping verbs to

Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for

So for number 3, you can't say: I haven't play that game yet? That's right, you must write "played". And for present perfect tense, does it always have the word have in it? Yes. "have" is the helping verb in all

hi, sorry, english is not my first language (I'm learning the basics now). Can someone help me with this problem? I know when to use has/have/had (they are past perfect and present perfect), but when should I use "has been"

What is the best way to identify subjunctives? It may be better just to ignore them! English has so few forms that are obviously subjunctive that it's not often you'll see them. Most subjunctive forms are the same as non-subjunctive forms,

Не would have lent you the book last week if you could have called for it . You need if you had called/asked for it or if you had been able to call/ask for it . The past perfect forms had called, had asked, and had been able are in fact called

If you had had extra food, you should have given it to the poor. Maybe it's just me, but I don't often use the past perfect with some of the common stative verbs like be and have . It sounds too "fussy" to my ear, I suppose. If

Ate is the simple past tense. Eaten is past participle, which is used with a helping verb to indicate an action already completed by some point of time in the past ( have eaten is present perfect form becasue action is completed by now, had eaten

Hi, In your example, "has" and "have" are both in the same time frame, or "tense." The mail has been sent in the recent past. This tense is called "present perfect." "Perfect" means the action is