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"Perfect" means "completed". (Think "perfected".) Past: Yesterday I drove. (I might still be driving.) Present Perfect: I have driven many times. (It's assumed I've finished driving. This is present perfect because I am now in the state of having driven.) Past Perfect: I told him that I had driven many times. (This is past perfect because I was in the past in the state of having driven.)
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What is the difference between used to and past perfect continues?
Past tense
What are the three perfect tenses of a verb?
The three perfect tenses of a verb are the present perfect (have/has + past participle), the past perfect (had + past participle), and the future perfect (will have + past participle).
What is the past perfect of shout?
Past perfect is formed with - had + past participle.The past participle of shout is shoutedTherefore the past perfect verb is -- had shouted
What is the past perfect of tried?
Simple past perfect is 'I have tried'. Past perfect continuous is 'I have been trying'. Past perfect subjunctive is 'I had tried'
What is the past perfect of think?
The past perfect of "think" is "had thought."
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 is the difference between past simple and past perfect?
Past simple has only one verb and that is in past tense. eg I arrived at the station. - arrived is past verb.Past perfect has two verbs one is had - the past of have, and the other is a past participle. eg The train had left. - left is the past participle of leave.Past simple and past perfect are often used together. The past perfect verb shows an action that happened in the past before another action (past simple) that happened in the past egThe train had left when I arrived at the station.
What is the past perfect tense for went?
You can't form past perfect tense with went. Went is the past of go.The past perfect is formed with -- had + past participle.The past participle of go is gone, past perfect = had gone
What is the difference between I had and I have had?
"i had" is used in past tense and "i have had" is used in past perfect perspective. That is the only difference. no need to get confused.
What is the past perfect tense of ask?
The past perfect tense of "ask" is "had asked."
What is the past perfect of open?
The past perfect tense of open is 'had opened'.
A comparison to Utopia?
not a perfect place
