Present Perfect Continuous EXCLUSIVE

Your hair is wet. I’ve been swimming.

F.

The predicate “have been swimming” is in the Present Perfect Continuous Exclusive form.

It is formed with the help of the auxiliary verb “be” in the present perfect form and the present participle of the notional verb “swim”

U.

The Present Perfect Continuous Exclusive is used to denote a completed action in the present that explains a present result.

Past Simple:

I had nice cat.

F.

The predicate “was” is in Past Simple form.

?It is formed with the help of indefinite infinitive in past simple form of the notional verb “be”

The Past Simple is a synthetic form, build up by a change in the word itself

But in the interrogative (?) and the negative (-) it is formed with the help of the auxiliary verb “do” in the past simple form and the present participle of the notional verb “have”

Did you have a pet?

U.

The past simple form is used to denote a permanent and completed (uninterrupted) action in the past. (no way connected in the present)

Past Continuous:

The sun was shining.

F.

The predicate “was shining” is in the Past Continuous form.

It is formed with the help of the auxiliary verb “be” in past simple form and the present participle of the notional verb “shine”

U.

The Past Continuous form is used to denote a temporary/incomplete/emotional action in the past time

Past Perfect

I had first met him in October 1999.

F.

The predicate “had met” is in the Past Perfect form.

It is formed with the help of the auxiliary verb “have” in the past simple form and the past participle of the notional verb “meet”

U.

The Past Perfect is used to denote a completed past action which is prior to another past action

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