Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous tense is also known as the past perfect progressive tense. It describes an action that had started in the past and was continuing during a time in past.
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Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect tense is formed using the auxiliary “had” followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Past Continuous Tense
The Past Continuous Tense is used to describe an action which was happening during a time in the past.
Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense describes an action or an activity that happened in the past. Here, it does not consider whether the subject of the sentence is singular or plural and put the verb in the past tense only.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The present perfect continuous tense which is also known as the present perfect progressive tense represents something started in past and is continuing at present. We use the present perfect continuous tense to describe actions that have been started in the past and stopped recently, or some past actions which are still continuing. The words “for” and “since” are often used with these sentences.
Present Perfect Tense
The present perfect tense is formed using the present form of the verb “to have” (has/have – depending on the subject of the sentence) followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Present Continuous Tense
The present Continuous Tense is also known as the present progressive tense. The present continuous tense is used to describe the following situations. An activity which is happening now or at the moment of speaking. Examples: I am eating an ice cream. She is studying now. 2. An activity happening around now, … Read more
Simple Present Tense
The simple present tense in English is used to describe the actions that happen regularly (Habitual actions) or
to describe general truths.
The verb ‘be’
The verb ‘be’ is used as an auxiliary verb and it can also be used as a main verb. The verb ‘be’ is an irregular verb. The verb ‘be’ is used to talk about permanent or temporary qualities or states. The forms of ‘be’ verbs are be, am, is, are, was, were, being, and been.
