English Basics

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Past Perfect Progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in past and continued for some time in past. It expresses continued nature of an action that started and stopped at some point in the past. The sentence includes a ‘time-reference’ to show that when the action started […]

Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense is used to express two types of actions which occurred or completed in the past. It is usually used to express an action which occurred a long time ago in past. It gives a sense of completion of an activity in past. e.g. She had sent me her picture […]

Past Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense is used to mention an ongoing action of the past. It expresses past actions having an on-going nature. An action, that continued for some time in past, are expressed in Past Progressive Tense. ‘Past Continuous Tense’ is also called ‘Past Progressive Tense’. Structure of Sentence: → Main Verb: Present Participle (1st […]

Past Simple Tense Past Simple Tense expresses an action that occurred in past. It expresses the following type past-actions: → An action occurred just a little while ago Examples: I ate an apple. He caught a bird in the bushes. I met a friend in the market. → An action which occurred on regular basis […]

Present Perfect Continuous Tense This tense express an action that started in past and continued to present or recently stopped. It is used to state an ongoing action that has started at a point in the past. A time-reference is also used in the sentence to show that when the action started in past or […]