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Statements of fact about the past and present are called assertions.
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past: I was; you were; he/she/it was present: I am; you are; he/she/it is
When time flow from past to present to future, that is generally known as the passing of time. Time passes.
The past continuous indicates that a longer action in the past was interrupted - for example I was watching TV when he called
Have is present tense. The past tense is had.
There is a past, present, and future. There was a past; there is a present and there will be a future.
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The study of the past is called history. Historians analyze and interpret events, people, cultures, and societies from the past to understand how they have shaped the present.
Present - am. Past - was and were.
Past - was Present - is Future - will be
Tellers of the Past - Historians Tellers of the Present - News Anchors, Journalists, Novelists Tellers of the Future - Fortune tellers, prophets