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First there are more than 2 different past tenses is French
Second they are used as the past tenses in English, to express thing that were during but are finished now, things that were finished in the past, things that happened suddenly, things that happened before other in the past and so on
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What are the four past tenses?
1)simple past 2)past continuous 3)past perfect 4)past perfect continuous
What are the 2 past tenses of creep?
The past tense of creep can be either creeped or crept.
What are the 2 tenses that will never have auxilliary helping verbs?
Present tense: I am; you are; he,she,it is; we are, they are. Simple past I was, you were; he,she,it were; we were; they were
What are the different types of simple tenses?
all tenses have Simple and Progressive forms. here are some examples of both forms: S: i smoke a cigar every day. P: I'm smoking a cigar right now. i will smoke a cigar tomorrow. i will be smoking a cigar outside. i smoked 2 cigars yesterday. i was smoking a cigar when the phone rang. i have smoked 2 cigars today. i have been smoking cigars all day. etc. mike
What are the 5 verb tenses?
1. Past tense 2. Present tense 3. Future tense 4. Past perfect tense 5. Present perfect tense 6. Future perfect tense
When is the past participle form of the verb being used?
1. in the Passive Voice 2. to form the Present Perfect 3. to form the Past Perfect 4. to form the Past Infinitive 5. .... the the Past Conditional 6. .... the Past Subjunctive.
A participle may be used as what?
(1) as an adjective or adverb, either alone or with an accompanying phrase; (2) to form verb tenses that require more than one word, such as past perfect and all passive voice tenses from past participles and progressive tenses from present participles; and, for present participles only, (3) nouns, either alone or with an accompanying phrase.
Simple tenses of a verb?
When used in grammar 'simple' means one verb. The simple tenses only have one verb egI like ice cream = present simpleI ate the ice cream = past simpleIn contrast other tenses have an auxiliary verb and a main verb or a be verb and a main verb or a modal verb and a main verb. eg have been, will see, is waiting, was eatenSome people call present perfect, present perfect simple, but I think this is not correct. Most grammar books I have talk about 2 simple tenses - present and past.
How many perfect tenses are there 1 2 3?
2
How many tenses use the emphatic form?
There are three tenses that can use the emphatic form in English: present simple, past simple, and future simple. In the emphatic form, the verb is conjugated with the auxiliary verb "do" or "did" to emphasize the action. For example, "I do love ice cream," "She did finish the race," and "We will do visit our grandparents."
How do you spell half past 2 in french?
Deux heures et demi
What is the definition of 'tense' in grammar?
Verbs can take various forms, depending on whether they refer to the present or the past, and on the temporal relationship of one event to another. These forms are the tenses. (In English, future is expressed by versions of present tenses.)Here are a few examples of tenses in English:Every day we watch television for an hour or two. [simple present, here used for a routinely repeated action]While I was watching the news, the phone rang. [1: past continuous, denoting an action that was continuing; 2: "rang" is simple past, for an event that happened while the first (watching) was going on]Are you watching the game on Saturday?[present continuous, here used for the future]You have been watching too many thrillers. [present perfect, denoting an action that has occurred in the past and continues to occur in the present. This tense causes particular difficulty for adult learners of English. It seems to have no equivalent in other languages, which instead have structures like "You are always watching too many thrillers" and "I am standing here since seven o'clock"]Different linguists give these tenses different names; the names above are representative, but not definitive.There are quite a few more tenses in English, but the above demonstrate the function of tense.
