Connect, connects, connected, connecting
| CONNECT - PRESENT SIMPLE | |
| ★ i | connect |
| ★ you | connect |
| ★ he/she/it | connects |
| ★ we | connect |
| ★ you | connect |
| ★ they | connect |
| CONNECT - PRESENT CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i am | connecting |
| ★ you are | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it is | connecting |
| ★ we are | connecting |
| ★you are | connecting |
| ★ they are | connecting |
| CONNECT - PRESENT PERFECT | |
| ★ i have | connected |
| ★ you have | connected |
| ★ he/she/it has | connected |
| ★ we have | connected |
| ★ you have | connected |
| ★ they have | connected |
The Simple Past Tense, also called Simple Past or Preterite is a verb tense that is used to describe completed action happened in the past. It is the most basic form of past tense and it is formed by adding d, ed or ied to the base structure of the verb.
Present Perfect Continuous is a tense in the English language used to emphasize that one action is still continuing in the present moment. The difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous is that Present Perfect is emphasizing the action of the sentence while Present Perfect Continuous is emphasizing the duration of that action.
| CONNECT - PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i have been | connecting |
| ★ you have been | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it has been | connecting |
| ★ we have been | connecting |
| ★ you have been | connecting |
| ★ they have been | connecting |
| CONNECT - PAST SIMPLE | |
| ★ i | connected |
| ★ you | connected |
| ★ he/she/it | connected |
| ★ we | connected |
| ★ you | connected |
| ★ they | connected |
| CONNECT - PAST CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i was | connecting |
| ★ you were | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it was | connecting |
| ★ we were | connecting |
| ★ you were | connecting |
| ★ they were | connecting |
| CONNECT - PAST PERFECT | |
| ★ i had | connected |
| ★ you had | connected |
| ★ he/she/it had | connected |
| ★ we had | connected |
| ★ you had | connected |
| ★ they had | connected |
A transitive verb always has a noun that receives the action of the verb, called the direct object.
An intransitive verb never has a direct or indirect object. Although an intransitive verb may be followed by an adverb or adverbial phrase, there is no object to receive its action
| CONNECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i had been | connecting |
| ★ you had been | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it had been | connecting |
| ★ we had been | connecting |
| ★ you had been | connecting |
| ★ they had been | connecting |
| CONNECT - FUTURE SIMPLE | |
| ★ i will | connect |
| ★ you will | connect |
| ★ he/she/it will | connect |
| ★ we will | connect |
| ★ you will | connect |
| ★ they will | connect |
| CONNECT - FUTURE CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i will be | connecting |
| ★ you will be | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it will be | connecting |
| ★ we will be | connecting |
| ★ you will be | connecting |
| ★ they will be | connecting |
| CONNECT - FUTURE PERFECT | |
| ★ i will have | connected |
| ★ you will have | connected |
| ★ he/she/it will have | connected |
| ★ we will have | connected |
| ★ you will have | connected |
| ★ they will have | connected |
Present Perfect is a tense used to express the activity that started in the past and is still going on in the present tense. In British English this is the most used tense of them all. When you want to tell about your experience up to the present, you use Present Perfect. The prepositions that are often used with this tense are NEVER, EVER, JUST, ALREADY, YET and many others.
| CONNECT - FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS | |
| ★ i will have been | connecting |
| ★ you will have been | connecting |
| ★ he/she/it will have been | connecting |
| ★ we will have been | connecting |
| ★ you will have been | connecting |
| ★ they will have been | connecting |