Grammatical Tenses

Far is not a verb so it doesn't have a past participle.

The past tense of "confused" is "confused." For example: "He was still confused about the directions even after asking for help."

smellier, smelliest

Suffer is a regular verb so the past participle is verb + -ed

suffered

Imperfect tense is usually called past simple.

Past simple is used to talk about an even that happened, within a time frame, in the past and is now completed. -- I studied English last year.

Present tenses talk about

things that happen again and again -- I study English.

things that are happening now or around now -- I am studying English.

things that started in the past but continue now -- I have studied English for 3 years

The simple present tense is "She tells a lie." "She is telling a lie" is the present progressive tense, also called the present continuous tense.

"Had warned" is in the past perfect tense. It is used to show that an action was completed before another action in the past.

The concept is that if a person has nothing to lose anymore, then there is nothing holding him or her back from what he or she is about to do. A person with nothing to lose is likely to put forth all of his or her effort or stake because of this.

Helping verbs like "have," "has," "had," "will," "would," "should," "could," "might," and "may" can be used to form the past participle of a verb. For example, in the sentence "I have eaten," "have" is the helping verb that forms the past participle "eaten."

The verb "will study" is in the future tense in the sentence "Yolanda will study French next year."

The past tense of "shake" is "shook."

The past tense for "future" is "futured".

It is okay to shift tenses within a sentence when describing actions that occur at different times or to convey a sense of chronology. However, it is essential to ensure the shift in tenses is clear and does not confuse the reader.

"I forget" is present tense and should be used when referring to something you have already forgotten but are currently realizing. "I forgot" is past tense and should be used when referring to something you no longer remember now.

The tense of the verb in the sentence is present perfect.

No 'is' is present tense.

am/is/are = present tense

was/were = past tense

The verb in the sentence is in present tense.

A test instruction that says, "Answer the multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks if known" could be very confusing to students (and students should ask for clarification before continuing the test).

It should be written more clearly as, "Answer the multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks" because most often you are expected to answer all questions on a test.

NOTE: If you ever see this on a standardized test, ASK before you start that section.

Were.

They are reading

They were reading