Are you confused by the differences between past tense, present perfect tense and past perfect tense? Then read on. AMONG the most common questions asked by readers of MOE’s Question and Answer ...

The concept of current relevance has been referred to in many discussions of the usage of the present perfect; however it is a difficult idea to teach because it deals with factors outside the present ...

You use the perfect tense when, in English, you would say that something has happened. So, if you wanted to say: ‘You have been to the hairdresser,' 'she has eaten all the biscuits’ or anything else ...