Common problems with verb tenses
Robin Lambert · Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre eBooks · 2016
When you are translating, you cannot automatically reproduce the tense in the original text. Sometimes it will be correct but sometimes it will be wrong. Each language has its own rules for using tenses. Different ideas are conveyed by different tenses. 1) Past simple or present perfect? As a general guideline, when you have a precise date or time, or when you know logically when the action took place, use the past simple or past continuous tense. For example: When I was a child, I lived in ...