Tenses Advanced

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What is a tense?

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A tense is a grammatical category that locates a situation in time, indicating when an action takes place.

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What are the three main tenses in English?

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The three main tenses are past, present, and future.

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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.

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What is the present tense used for?

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The present tense is used to describe actions that are currently happening or habitual actions.

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What is the future tense used for?

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The future tense is used to describe actions that will happen later.

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What is the perfect tense?

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The perfect tense is used to indicate that an action was completed at some point in the past.

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What is the structure of the past perfect tense?

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The past perfect tense is formed using 'had' + past participle of the verb.

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What is the structure of the present perfect tense?

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The present perfect tense is formed using 'has/have' + past participle of the verb.

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What is the structure of the future perfect tense?

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The future perfect tense is formed using 'will have' + past participle of the verb.

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What is the continuous tense?

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The continuous tense describes actions that are ongoing or in progress.