Past tense

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Whats up ppl !So i know that when you write an irregular verb in the past tense you add an "ED" Such as"i helped my brother with his homework"  or "i cooked dinner for my girlfriend"But if i said"i have missed you so much" or "i have played that before"Would those be in the present perfect or what? ? How do i use Have with that tense ?does the "have" implies that the action is still going on ?Thank you !

Ivanhr · Accepted Answer

You form a present perfect with the word have followed by a past participle.

have/has missed

have/has played

but with irregular verbs the suffix isn't ed as you say. Irregular verbs should be learned by heart.

have/has sworn (pp of swear)

have/has brought (pp of bring)

have/has bought (pp of buy)

have/has thought (pp of think)

have/has risen etc. (pp of rise)

Past perfect usage is another matter. In case of your sentences they could be interpreted as folllows

I have missed you so much. (denoting a continuous action which happened in the past and continued up until now)

I have played that before. (you talk about your experience of "playing that before"; it's completely irrelevant when; the focus here is whether you played that or not)

The present perfect often indicates an action that has just ended and is somehow connected to the present.

Anonymous · Answer

So if i say "i played that game" what would that mean?means that i no longer have the experience of playing the game? or is that just incorrect ?

and if i say "i've made it for you" it means i made something for someone recently? and if i say "i made it for you" means that i made something for someone a while ago ?

thanks !

Bunty5 · Answer

The past tense is a verb tense expressing action, activity, state of being in the past of the current moment (in an absolute tense system), or prior to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future (in a relative tense system).

The different types of past tense:

Simple past is formed for regular by adding -d or–ed to the root of a word. Examples: He walked to the store, or They danced all night.. A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form. Example: He did not walk to the store. Question sentences are started with did as in Did he walk to the store?
Simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling.
Past progressive is formed by using the adequate form of to be and the verb’s present participle: He was going to church. By inserting not before the main verb a negation is achieved. Example: He was not going to church. A question is formed by prefixing the adequate form of to be as in Was he going?.
Past progressive is used for describing events that were in the process of occurring when a new event happened. The already occurring event is presented in past progressive, the new one in simple past. Example: We were sitting in the garden when the thunderstorm started. Use is similar to other languages'imperfect tense.

Past perfect simple is formed by combining the simple past form of to have with the past participle form of the main verb: We had shouted. A negation is achieved by including not after had: You had not spoken. Questions in past perfect always start with had: Had he laughed?
Past perfect simple is used for describing secluded events that have occurred before something else followed. The event that is closer to the present is given in simple past tense: After we had visited our relatives in New York, we flew back to Toronto.
Past perfect progressive is formed by had, the grammatical partical been and the present participle of the main verb: You had been waiting. For negation, not is included before been: I had not been waiting. A question sentence is formed by starting with had: Had she been waiting?
If emphasis is put on the duration of a concluded action of the past, since and for are signal words for past perfect progressive: We had been waiting at the airport since the 9 P.M. flight. / They had been waiting for three hours now.

Bunty

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Ivanhr · Answer

AnonymousSo if i say "i played that game" what would that mean?means that i no longer have the experience of playing the game? or is that just incorrect ?

It could work in some contexts. Obviously, you're referring to one particular game that you played in the past. It's like telling a story about the past. When you say "I have played that game" you're not referring to one particular game, instead you're thinking of the game as a sport.

and if i say "i've made it for you" it means i made something for someone recently? and if i say "i made it for you" means that i made something for someone a while ago ? thanks !

Yes, that's how I see it.

Skyvia · Answer

"i have missed you so much" or "i have played that before",which means that an action lasts from the past time to the time you are speaking right now,or something happened within this period of time .

Anonymous · Answer

Awsome! thanks for all the answers

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