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What tense uses had or have?

The tense that uses "had" is the past perfect tense, while the tense that uses "have" is the present perfect tense.


What is a present perfect participle?

The present perfect tense uses the past participle.


Is were present perfect?

No. Were is a past tense of "be". The present perfect tense uses "have" and "has".


How do you differentiate present continuous from past continuous tense?

Present continuous uses present tense be verbs ie am / is / are.I am walking the park. He is walking to the park. They are walking to the park.Past continuous uses past tense be verbs ie was / were.I was walking to the park. He was walking to the park. They were walking to the park


Is the past participle same as present perfect?

No, the past participle is a verb form that is used in the formation of perfect tenses, passive voice, and other constructions, while the present perfect tense is a specific tense that uses the present tense of the auxiliary verb "have" followed by the past participle of the main verb. So the past participle is a verb form, while the present perfect is a tense.


What are the uses of past verbs?

Past tense verbs tell you whats happened in the past.


An artist uses acrylic paints sometimes. what is the present tense?

The present tense is "uses".


What is the past tense of draw with have?

The tense you are asking for is the present perfect tense.The present perfect tense of 'draw' is:I/You/We/They have drawn.Note: if you were using the subjects he, she or it then it would be "has drawn".This tense also uses the past participle of 'draw' rather than the simple past tense.The simple past tense of draw can't be used with 'have'.


Can the suffix ed be used in future tense?

The future perfect tense uses the past participle of verbs. (some of which end in -ed)


What is the tense of enter that uses an auxiliary verb?

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What is the 3 auxiliary verbs of the simple future tense?

The future tense uses the auxiliary verb will.


What are the uses of present perfect tense and past perfect tense?

The present perfect tense is used for three things:to talk about an experience from the pastto talk about a continuing situation (something that started in the past and is still happening now)to talk about a changeIn this tense there is always a connection between the past and the present.The past perfect tense talks about the past in the past. It is used to express an action in the past before another action in the past.