Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Past Tenses
The past tense is a verb tense expressing activity, action state or being in the past. In English, there are two types of past tense:
- simple past (a)
- present tense (b)
a)
Simple past include:
b)
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) refer both to the present and to the past.
- I have just eaten my chocolate bar.
- Mike has never seen a car like this before.
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I think the above interpretation about the past tense is not precise. The tense is a formal category. So , it is nor correct to say there are two type of past tense. The present perfect is a present tense that expresses an event or a state that happened in the past, but it's still relevant to the present (they have always lived there = they are still there. So it does not indicate a past event).The present perfect (continuous)indicates that the beginning of events or states is in the past, and that does not absolutely mean it is a past tense.