Is Seeing Past Or Present Tense?

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Infinitive Present Participle Past Tense see seeing

saw

Is seeing a present participle?


See certainly does form a present participle seeing

. However, the use of the continuous tenses (eg I am seeing) is somewhat restricted: In its primary meaning see tends not to take a continuous tense, like other verbs of perception.

Is seeing present continuous tense?

For examples, please refer this link and this link. The verb “see” in “We are seeing our friends tonight” is not stative, but dynamic. It is equivalent to “visit”, and can therefore take the

continuous form

. Besides, the present continuous can be used to express future plans or arrangements, as is the case here.

What is the past present tense of see?

The past tense of see is

saw

. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of see is sees. The present participle of see is seeing. The past participle of see is seen.

Is seeing past tense?


Saw is the PAST TENSE of the verb see

, and usually comes immediately after NOUNS and PRONOUNS. Seen is the PAST PARTICIPLE of the VERB see.

What is the simple past of see?

simple pasti past simple or preterit I

saw
you saw he, she, it saw we saw

Is past perfect tense?

The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is

used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past

. It does not matter which event is mentioned first – the tense makes it clear which one happened first. when I arrived in the office.

What is the present participle of lie?

Infinitive Present Participle Past Participle lie

lying

lied

What is the present participle of say?

Base Form (Infinitive): To Say Past Simple: Said Past Participle: Said 3rd Person Singular: Says Present Participle/Gerund:

Saying

What is the present participle of sleep?

Present Tense: Sleep Past Tense: Slept Past Participle: Slept Present Participle:

Sleeping

What is the present continuous tense of lie?

The past tense of “lie” is “lay”: Dave and Susan lay sunbathing on the beach all day. The present continuous is

“lying”

: Dave and Susan are lying on the beach all day. The past perfect tense of “lie” is “lain”: They had lain sunbathing on the beach all day. You can see why people are confused: Lie/lay, lay/lain.

What is the present continuous tense of have?

The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction

has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing)

. … Recently and lately are words that we often find with verbs in the present perfect continuous tense. Mia has been competing in flute competitions recently. (And she will continue to do so.)

What is present continuous tense of stand?


I

.

have been standing

. you. have been standing. he, she, it.

Did you see or saw?

You can see that having both verbs past tense makes perfect sense! “Did you like what you saw?” is

absolutely correct sentence

. “Did you like what you see?” is not correct.

What verb tense is will see?

Infinitive Present Participle Past Tense see seeing

saw

What is the past perfect tense of go?

past perfecti pluperfect subjunctive
you


had gone
he, she, it had gone we had gone you had gone
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