Verb Tense in English
Each sentence takes a place in a specific moment, and aspects tell us the status of the action at that moment Past Continuous/Progressive “We were sleeping when the sea creature attacked.” Perfect “We had departed from Nantucket.” Perfect Progressive “We had been sailing three weeks.” Simple “We went to search a sea creature.” “Sea creature attacked us.” Present Continuous/Progressive “We’re preparing for their next mission.” Perfect “We have built a special submarine for the search mission....