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1 Tenses Tenses are the time of the action or verb . There are mainly 3 types of tenses present , past and future.

2 What do they determine? What tenses determine is shown in an easy way , the past tense determines things that are gone , present_ the things that are happening , future- things that have happened.

3 Present perfect tense THE PRESENT PERFECT IS USED TO DESCRIBE
An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.) An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn't over yet.) A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times. An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by 'just'. I have just finished my work. An action when the time is not important. He has read 'War and Peace'. (= the result of his reading is important) Note: When we want to give or ask details about when, where, who, we use the simple past. Read more about choosing between the present perfect and the simple past tenses. ACTIONS STARTED IN THE PAST 

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5 Past perfect tense. The PAST PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened. This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (HAD) plus the past participle of the verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form):I had walked two miles by lunchtime. I had run three other marathons before entering the Boston Marathon .

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