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.
Any event that begins before the time of speaking is considered. some events begin and end before now ( the time of speaking) we call this Simple Past Tense. Some events begin before now but have a bearing in the present- we call this Present Perfect Tense. I hope this makes it a little clearer.
we call this Simple Past Tense. Some events begin before now but have a bearing in the present- we call this Present Perfect Tense. I hope this makes it a little clearer.
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