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What are narrative tenses & why do we need them? We use the narrative tense to indicate the time frame of a story and to create flow.
![The present perfect continuous tense.](https://englishknowhow.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/verb-tenses-in-English22-768x512.jpg)
The present perfect progressive (also called present perfect continuous) is a verb tense used to express an action that began in the past and is still continuing in the present.
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The simple past tense is a verb tense that is used to indicate that an action or event occurred at a specific time in the past.
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The simple present tense is a verb tense used to describe actions or states that are currently happening or are always true.
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The future perfect progressive (also known as the future perfect continuous) is a verb tense used to express an action that will be in progress at a specific point in the future.
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The future perfect tense is a verb tense used to express an action that will be completed at a specific point in the future.
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The past perfect progressive is a tense used to express an action that was in progress before another action in the past.
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The present perfect tense is used to indicate that an action or event has occurred at some point in the past, but the exact time is not specified.
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The future progressive tense, is a verb tense used to indicate that an action or event will be in progress at a specific point in the future.
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The simple future tense is a verb tense used to indicate that an action or event will occur at some point in the future.
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The past progressive tense, is a verb tense used to indicate that an action or event was in progress at a specific point in the past.
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This tense, is a verb tense used to indicate that an action or event that is currently in progress.
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A verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.