Past Tense & Present Perfect Tense

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What is the past tense used for?

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The past tense is used to describe actions that have already happened at a specific time in the past.

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What is the present perfect tense used for?

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The present perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred at an unspecified time in the past or that started in the past and continue to the present.

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How do you form the past tense of regular verbs?

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For regular verbs, the past tense is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb.

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What is the structure of the present perfect tense?

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The structure of the present perfect tense is 'have/has + past participle'.

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What is the past participle of the verb 'go'?

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The past participle of 'go' is 'gone'.

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What is the past participle of the verb 'see'?

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The past participle of 'see' is 'seen'.

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Provide an example of a sentence in the past tense.

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I visited my grandmother last weekend.

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Provide an example of a sentence in the present perfect tense.

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I have visited Paris three times.

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What auxiliary verb is used with 'I', 'you', 'we', and 'they' in the present perfect tense?

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The auxiliary verb used is 'have'.

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What auxiliary verb is used with 'he', 'she', and 'it' in the present perfect tense?

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The auxiliary verb used is 'has'.