Are you confused by the differences between past tense, present perfect tense and past perfect tense? Then read on. AMONG the most common questions asked by readers of MOE’s Question and Answer ...

You use the perfect tense when, in English, you would say that something has happened. So, if you wanted to say: ‘You have been to the hairdresser,' 'she has eaten all the biscuits’ or ...

The clauses above bear examples of a common verb tense: the present perfect continuous. This is the tense that indicates an action ...