1) 自从他出生以来,他就住在这里了
2) 我们已经住在这里三年了
What tense is used in the above sentences
He has lived here since he was born
We have lived here for four years
Present perfect tense have/ has + p
(past participle)1
Audrey had put all her effort into ballet training before she entered the film industry
Audrey had been a model before she became a Hollywood superstar
Audery had already won an Oscar for Best Actress when she won the Tony Awards
We use the past perfect tense to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past
The earlier action is expressed in the past perfect tense and the later action is expressed in the simple past tense
The Past perfect tense:过去完成时表示:(1) 在过去某一动作之前已经完成的动作 或存在的状态;(2) 在过去某一时间之前发生的动作或存 在的状态
Her grandmother had been ill before 2000
I had go