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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i think the simple past tense refer to those events which have completed in the past .but the present perfect tense shows events which have completed at the time of saying and have an effect in the present.while present perfect continuous tense means an event which have been started at the present time and is continuing at the time of saying
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