When to use the Present Perfect Tense in English In this lesson, we are going to look at WHEN to use the present perfect tense, in what situations do we need to use it. In general, the present perfect tense links the past to the present in some way. Let’s look at the...
Affirmative Sentences I have finished the report. This is a sentence in the present perfect tense. We know it is in the present perfect tense because it has the auxiliary verb HAVE (or HAS) followed by a PAST PARTICIPLE. Look at the structure for affirmative...
In English there are many words that end in ED. There are: Regular past simple tense verbs: I played my guitar last night. We lived there for two years. It rained yesterday. Regular past participles (which have the same form as the past simple tense form): I have...
Past Simple Tense in English – Regular and Irregular verbs in the past tense In the present simple tense, we say: I live … You live … We live … They live … BUT, for HE, SHE and IT, we add an S to the end of their verb in the present simple. So we say: He lives … She...
