Tense and Aspect

There are three tenses in English.

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A tense always needs an auxiliary verb.

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The past tense only refers to past time.

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• FALSE

The present simple third person "-s" is a morpheme.

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• FALSE

Progressive is known as an aspect, not a tense.

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All verb forms can be changed from active to the passive voice.

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The past participle is only used in perfect and passive verb phrases.

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Perfect verb forms always refer to past time in some way.

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• FALSE

The present simple tense can refer to past time.

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Progressive verb forms are used to emphasize duration.

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• FALSE