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I had never been to the seaside before.

You use Past Perfect to express a past action which took place either before a certain moment in the past (like the sentence written above) or before another past action (see below).

By the time Jane got home, Peter and George had already left.

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A sentence using present perfect tense?

I have never been so scared in my life! What have you done here?


What does persent perfect tense denote?

The present perfect tense is used for an action that began in the past and that continues into the present. For example, "We have lived in the same house since 1997." is a sentence in the present perfect tense. "I have always liked chocolate." is the present perfect tense.


What is the tense for the verb in the following sentence They had left the mall before noon?

The tense of the verb "left" in the sentence is past perfect. This tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb "had" before the past participle of the main verb, and it is used to show that an action was completed before another past action.


How do you convert a past tense to a present perfect tense?

To make present perfect you use have + past participle.The past participles of regular verbs are easy to remember they all end in -edeg walk / walked / walked. (pp is bold)So you need to learn the past participles of irregular verbseg run / ran / runA past sentence with a regular verb is: I walked to the store.The present perfect using walk is: I have walked to the store.A past sentence using an irregular verb is: They ate the cake.The present perfect using eat is: They have eaten the cake.


What is the past perfect tense of cling?

Past perfect is - had + past participle and the past participle of cling is clung.A past perfect sentence using clung:I had clung to the boat for two hours

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How do you make spoken in a sentence using past perfect tense?

I had spoken.


A sentence using present perfect tense?

I have never been so scared in my life! What have you done here?


What does persent perfect tense denote?

The present perfect tense is used for an action that began in the past and that continues into the present. For example, "We have lived in the same house since 1997." is a sentence in the present perfect tense. "I have always liked chocolate." is the present perfect tense.


What tense is had been using?

It's the past perfect continuous tense.


What is the present perfect tense of love?

The present perfect tense of the verb love is have loved or has loved.We would say: I have loved, you have loved, we have loved, they have loved, he has loved, she has loved, and it has loved (although it is hard to think of a sentence using it has loved.)


What is the tense for the verb in the following sentence They had left the mall before noon?

The tense of the verb "left" in the sentence is past perfect. This tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb "had" before the past participle of the main verb, and it is used to show that an action was completed before another past action.


How do you convert a past tense to a present perfect tense?

To make present perfect you use have + past participle.The past participles of regular verbs are easy to remember they all end in -edeg walk / walked / walked. (pp is bold)So you need to learn the past participles of irregular verbseg run / ran / runA past sentence with a regular verb is: I walked to the store.The present perfect using walk is: I have walked to the store.A past sentence using an irregular verb is: They ate the cake.The present perfect using eat is: They have eaten the cake.


What is the past perfect tense of cling?

Past perfect is - had + past participle and the past participle of cling is clung.A past perfect sentence using clung:I had clung to the boat for two hours


What is the past perfect tense of send?

The past perfect tense of send is had sent.


If using you will be in a sentence which tense would it be?

That would be future tense.


Where using had?

in a past tense sentence.


What is an example of past tense and present perfect tense?

Using the verb 'do': Simple past tense: did Present perfect tense: I/You/We/They have done. He/She/It has done.