English tenses?

Question

can some one help? please.

Im doing a on-line course and it cost me alot of money. Im worried Im going to fail. Im not been lazy Im just in a massive muddle.

which tenses are these sentences?

I am going out at 5 o'clock -

We had finished eating before they arrived -

I met Mark as I was walking to the shops -

I had been working all night and was exhausted -

She had had that dog since she was ten -

He cycled to work every day -

I have been waiting for you over an hour -

He became a recluse in later life -

They will have finished their work before dinner time -

I'll be waiting by the clock tower -

The options I have are:

Future continuous

Past continuous

Past perfect continuous

Present simple

Past perfect

Future perfect

Present perfect

past simple

I think I get some of them, but then I think I can put one or two for them into two catagories.

Please help!?

Answer 1

I generally agree with first responder.  "Continuous" is also called perfect, as in "I am going to the store" -- present perfect tense.  "Perfect" in this sense implies something completed.  However, the usage here indicates that "continuous" implies the gerund form (thing ending with "ing"), which makes sense.  But I have not previously seen this construction so labeled.

Answer 2

I am going out at 5 o'clock - future perfect

We had finished eating before they arrived - past perfect

I met Mark as I was walking to the shops - past perfect continuous

I had been working all night and was exhausted - past perfect

She had had that dog since she was ten - past perfect

He cycled to work every day - past simple

I have been waiting for you over an hour - present perfect

He became a recluse in later life - past simple

They will have finished their work before dinner time - future perfect

I'll be waiting by the clock tower - future continuous

Answer 3

1) present continuous

2) past perfect

3) past simple

4) past perfect continuous

5) past perfect

6) past simple

7) present perfect

8) past simple

9) futur perfect

10) future continuous

you're welcome!

Answer 4

You made many mistakes.

Examples from http://www.answers.com/topic/grammatical... (check them out, don't worry it's not that hard but learning a language online is not the best way to do it)

So we have for the present tense:

Present Simple (not progressive/continuous, not perfect; simple): "I eat"

Present Progressive (progressive, not perfect): "I am eating"

Present Perfect (not progressive, perfect): "I have eaten"

Present Perfect Progressive (progressive, perfect): "I have been eating"

...and for the past tense:

Past Simple (not progressive/continuous, not perfect; simple): "I ate"

Past Progressive (progressive, not perfect): "I was eating"

Past Perfect (not progressive, perfect): "I had eaten"

Past Perfect Progressive (progressive, perfect): "I had been eating"

Your sentences: Present Progressive (or present continuous it's the same)

Past Perfect

simple past / Past Progressive (continuous)

Past Perfect Progressive

Past Perfect / simple past

simple cast

Past Perfect Progressive

simple past

Future perfect

Future continuous

also check: http://www.answers.com/topic/grammatical...