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Is it necessary to use 'for' and 'since' in past perfect continuous tense?
It's not necessary but it's common.
In future perfect continuous tense can you use would have been waiting instead of will have been waiting?
no. the word WOULD is the past tense of will...
When do you use past progressive and past perfect progressive tense?
The past progressive tense is used to express action at a particular moment in the past. The past perfect progressive tense is used in a similar way but it expresses longer actions before another action in the past.
What is the past perfect tense of turn?
Had turned is the past perfect construction. Use had + past participle to create the past perfect tense.
What are English tenses?
A tense is a way of referring to a time (past, present or future) in language. Eg. if you say 'I have walked half a mile today', you are using the past tense because you have finished walking at the moment of speaking. Within each tense, there is a further subdivision: simple and continuous. If you want to stress the duration of the action of which you speak (the fact that it is/was/will be going on), you use the continuous. Here are some examples of every tense and its variations: present simple: I walk present continuous: I am walking present perfect simple: I have walked present perfect continuous: I have been walking past simple: I walked past continuous: I was walking past perfect simple: I had walked past perfect continuous: I had been walking future simple: I will walk future continuous: I will be walking future perfect: I will have walked future perfect continuous: I will have been walking
Does had not go together with a past tense?
The auxiliary verb "have" creates the perfect tenses and is used with the past participle of a verb. The word not is an adverb used to express the negative. It is used between the auxiliary verb and the verb.Example:Verb take, past tense took, past participle taken -Past Perfect : "He had taken the money from the safe."Past Perfect : "He had not taken the money from the safe."The continuous tenses use the present participle(-ing) form -Past perfect continuous : "He had been taking his medicine."Past perfect continuous : "He had not been taking his medicine."
What are the different forms of the present perfect tense?
There are two forms of the present perfect tense: simple present perfect (I have eaten) and progressive present perfect (I have been eating). Both forms use "have" or "has" with the past participle of the main verb to indicate an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.
Can you use time in past perfect tense?
Yes, the past perfect tense of time is had timed.
What is the exact meaning of tense in English grammar?
In grammar the tense is the form of the verb which shows the time when the action happened.e.g.'I use a computer' - is in the present tenseI am using a computer - is in the present continuous form'I used a computer' - is in the past tense'I will use a computer' - is in the future tenseWe also see that the tense form can show the type of action, i.e. whether it is a single action or a continuous one.e.g.'The bell rang at the end of the exam.' - past simple (one action)'The bell was ringing throughout the whole time of the exam.' - past continuous/progressive. (the action continued for a time)
Can you use past tense after the word 'always'?
No, "always" is used to indicate that something is continuous or unchanging. Since the past tense implies that something has already happened and is completed, it would be contradictory to use past tense after "always."
To change from present perfect continuous of d irect speech into indirect speech what tense you use?
We use a past perfect continuous He said,"I have been reading for ages" In indirect speech it becomes, He said he had been reading for ages.
When do you use the word have with a verb?
Have is used as an auxilliary verb with other verb to form the past participle, present perfect, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future perfect continuous, future perfect and present perfect continuous, e.g. the use of have as an auxilliary verb with the verb go: Past Participle: Having gone present perfect: I have gone past perfect: I had gone past perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect: I will have gone present perfect continuous: I will have been going
