If I say "I watched a movie yesterday", this being in the simple past tense, the meaning is clear in that I started watching and finished watching the movie at some point in time in the past (that is "yesterday" - specifically, this means any duration of time within yesterday). It's a very personal kind of thing, after all, and so I can't say for sure what someone else might be thinking. The fact that I'm saying it to them suggests I'm missing them, which means they aren't present.īut I'm not saying it's impossible to say 'You are my best friend ever' in a situation like this. If I were standing before a friend's grave and speaking to them, I'd probably say 'You were my best friend ever' although me speaking to them now means they are still alive for me in one sense, the fact that I'm remembering our time together also makes it clear they are gone. In such cases, we're often making statements about their legacies or contributions more than we are about them as people with ordinary lives that they are living at the moment. It is possible to use the present simple to speak about general truths, which can include making statements about people who have passed away. But he takes no notice … Present tense 3 MultipleChoice_MTYyMzY= Present tense 4 GapFillTyping_MTYyMzk= In one book, he gets suspended and they tell him to stop working on this case.
Rebus lives in Edinburgh and he 's a brilliant detective, but he 's always getting into trouble. He writes about this detective called Rebus.
He has worked there for three months now. There are four present tense forms: Present simple The present tense is used to talk about the present and to talk about the future. There are two tenses in English: past and present.
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