📄️ Introduction
English has six different verb forms to refer to past events and situations. They are:
📄️ Simple past
This form is also called ‘past simple’.
📄️ Past progressive
Forms
📄️ Past verb form with present or future meaning
A past tense does not always have a past meaning. In some kinds of sentence we can use verbs like I had, you went or I was wondering to talk about the present or future.
📄️ Present perfect: basic information
This entry deals with the simple present perfect. For the present perfect progressive, (see here).
📄️ Present perfect or past?
Not thinking about the present
📄️ Present perfect or past: advanced points
Causes and origins: Who gave you that?
📄️ Present perfect progressive
Forms
📄️ Present perfect simple or progressive?
Non-progressive verbs
📄️ Present perfect or present?
how long? present perfect
📄️ Past perfect: basic information
This entry deals with the simple past perfect. For the past perfect progressive, (see here).
📄️ Past perfect: advanced points
Past perfect or simple past with after, as soon as, etc
📄️ Past perfect progressive
Forms
📄️ This is the first/last …, etc
This is the first time, etc