The present perfect simple usually focuses on the result of the activity in some way, and the present perfect continuous usually focuses on the activity itself in some way.

The infinitive to wash is conjugated as wash (present tense), washed (past tense), and will wash (future tense). The present participle and gerund is washing and the past participle is washed.

Past Tense of Wash

The present perfect tense formula is: have/has + past participle. The past participle is usually formed by adding -ed or -d to the end of the verb, but there are many irregular verbs in English.

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).

We use the Present Perfect Continuous tense to talk about action that started in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with for or since. I have been reading for 2 hours.

We use the present perfect simple with action verbs to emphasise the completion of an event in the recent past. We use the present perfect continuous to talk about ongoing events or activities which started at a time in the past and are still continuing up until now.

We use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. “For five minutes,” “for two weeks,” and “since Tuesday” are all durations which can be used with the present perfect continuous. Examples: They have been talking for the last hour.

The formula for writing in the present continuous is: ‘be’ verb [am, is, are…] + present participle. Examples: He is driving erratically.

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense goes , present participle going , past tense went , past participle gone In most cases the past participle of go is gone, but occasionally you use ‘been’: see been.

First-person perspective generally gets split up into two types: Present tense. This is where you write, I go to the door and scream at him to go away, all in present tense, putting you in the action at the exact time the character experiences it.

The structure/formula of a Simple Present Positive Sentence is – subject + main verb + object.

You can use either present or past tense for telling your stories. The present tense is often associated with literary fiction, short stories, students in writing programs and workshops, and first novels. The past tense is used in most genre novels.

Past tense

Here are some of the drawbacks to writing in the present tense: It restricts your ability to move through time. Writing in the first person present or third-person present is an effective way to create a narrative that feels as though it’s happening in the present.

Divergent is written entirely in present tense using present tense verbs. It gives the feeling that the narrator, in this case, the main character of the story Tris, is describing the action as it’s happening.

Present tense has more “immediacy” than past tense. But the immediacy of the present tense also allows us to convey a character’s change as it happens, not after the fact. In present tense, we are there with the narrator step by step as he changes, and hence the story’s climax can be both more immediate and intense.

“Divergent” is written in first person from a very limited perspective. This limited point of view is vital in order to keep the reader in suspense. For example, Beatrice’s mother seems the epitome of the Abnegation faction, selfless and giving.

I hear this off and on: if you’re writing past tense, you can’t mix in present tense because that violates the rules of past tense. As in, you’re telling a story that happened in the past, so you can’t talk about what’s happening in the present.