has/have + past participle form of the verb He has written a letter. They have arrived. It has stopped raining. The present perfect tense is used to talk about completed activities in the immediate past. It is often used with the adverb of time just. I have just finished my work.
Form: subject + first form of the verb I write. He writes. She writes. You write. They write. Carefully notice the marker -s in the second and third sentences. When the subject is a singular verb we add the marker -s to the verb in a simple present tense. The simple present tense is used [...]
Despite the frightful name, past perfect continuous tense is simple to understand, and it is fairly easy to use.
What Is Past Perfect Continuous?
Past perfect continuous tense, also called past perfect progressive, shows something that both started and ended in the past using the helper “had” with “been” and the present participle form (-ing) of any continuous verb. Two actions that occurred in the past are frequently illustrated against each other to show cause and effect or timing.
If you are an ESL teacher you should know how difficult it is to teach tenses. Teaching the present continuous tense immediately after teaching the simple present tense can be confusing for students.
