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 **past, present, future
 **and sub-categories of them
+=== "Perfect" tenses ===
+* we use the "perfect tense" to describe a "state" or condition of being or having
+** in either the past, present or future
+* past perfect uses the auxiliary verb, '''''had'''''
+** ''I had been there'' = in the past that was my state, i.e.  ''I used to be there but no longer am''
+* present perfect uses the auxiliary verbs '''''has''''' & '''''have'''''
+** ''They have been there'' = they have been and still are in the state of having been there, i.e. ''They were there and they still were there''
+* future perfect uses the auxiliary verbs, '''''will have'''''
+** ''They will have been there'' = not now, but in the future they will be in the state of being there, i.e. ''They're not there yet but will be at some point in the future''
 *'''HAS''' and '''HAVE''' finite verb forms are '''PRESENT TENSE'''