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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammer Tenses Confusion

My question is "Does each and every sentence in English belongs to a specific tense" ? If yes, then lets say "this is my pen" which tense that would be? If your answer is present then I know The present tense has four sub-types i.e. present indefinite, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous, now I know the rules but I cant say that my sentence "this is my pen" belongs to any one of the mentioned fours sub-types? please help
  

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Anonymous "this is my pen" which tense that would be? If your answer is present It is. Simple present: This is my pen.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous "this is my pen" which tense that would be?
  • If your answer is present It is.
  • Simple present: This is my pen.
  • Present continuous: This is being my pen.
  • (NOT USED) Present perfect: This has been my pen.
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Anonymous "this is my pen" which tense that would be? If your answer is present
It is.

Simple present: This is my pen.
Present continuous: This is being my pen. (NOT USED)
Present perfect: This has been my pen.
Present perfect continuous: This has been being my pen. (NOT USED)
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Verbs of state (like "be") are not used in the continuous forms. But these forms are fine with dynamic verbs, such as "walk" and "live."

Simple present: John walks to school.
Present continuous: John is walking to school.
Present perfect: John has walked to school.
Present perfect continuous: John has been walking to school.
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