What is the difference between present perfect and past perfect and past simple?
2006-09-07 22:23:42 · 17 answers · asked by jpierre603 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
present perfect continious tense ;)
2006-09-07 22:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by ★HigHTƹcH★ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has been raining alot for ten days. What is the verb tense of this sentence.?
the answer is :
present perfect continuous......
simple past: I WORKED LAST NIGHT.----meaning the action is already finished....
2006-09-07 22:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by miaka p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The verb tense is present perfect progressive.
Present perfect tense means an event started and ended sometime in the past before now.
ex.
I have studied.
Past perfect tense means an event ended some point in time before another event.
ex.
I had studied when John came home.
Simple past means that the event started and ended at a specific time in the past.
ex.
I walked yesterday.
2006-09-08 00:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by Beam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The verb in this sentence is Present Perfect Progressive. The others that you ask about are:
Present Perfect: To express habitual or continued action, eg., He has worn glasses all his life.
Past Perfect: to describe a past event or condition completed before another event in the past.eg., When I arrived home, he had already called.
Past Simple: Completed Action. eg., We visted the museum yesterday.
2006-09-07 22:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by uknative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is raining alot for ten days is present tense because it is happening right now.
It was raining alot for ten days is past tense because it already happened.
It has been raining alot for ten days is past perfect tense because it uses "helping verbs" (has been). Past perfect tense means it has been happening CONTINUOUSLY IN THE PAST as opposed to the past tense which would mean that it was a one-time event in the past.
2006-09-07 22:27:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Present perfect continuous.
2006-09-08 01:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
present progressive
the progressive tenses end in ing, with the helping verb has or have for pres. pro and had for past progressive
past tense is i looked in the mirror - simply add ed to regular verbs
the diff between past and pres perfect is in the helping verbs - again have/has for pres, had for past
2006-09-09 21:36:45 · answer #7 · answered by krisr22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
present perfect.
present perfect talks about things which had been happening for a period of time, and is still happening.
past perfect tense is things which had happened but stopped as in the present. usually talks about things which happens for a period of time.
past simple is things which had happened. notice this only talks about events or instances, and usually not for events which lasts a period of time.
2006-09-08 01:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by vicks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What uknative said, although it can also be called present perfect continuous.
2006-09-07 22:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
present perfect progressive
2006-09-08 00:04:55 · answer #10 · answered by Betty P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
present perfect progressive
2006-09-07 22:29:10 · answer #11 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋