happyhour123  +  554215 Wed, 13 Aug 08 08:49 AM A Singaporean man was sentenced (Question 1 - past tense or Passive??) to two weeks’ jail and fined S$500 for tampering(intransitive verb)(Question 2 -How come is "ing" is not "tampered"?) with his vehicle’s fuel gauge. 52—year—old Mr *** pleaded guilty to two charges on August 5 for not having(verb) the minimum amount of fuel in his vehicle while leaving(verb) Singapore and for giving(verb) false information to the officer inspecting(verb) his car (Question 3- How come these sentences all the verbs is "ing"?) In the last two years, three people have been charged (passive have been + past participle) in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges, and all were fined and imprisoned (Question 4 -passive were + past participle  //  Past tense??) Hi, I have 4 quetions to ask, many thanks for reply :-) I'm very confusing to use "ing" happyhour123 Joined on Thu, Jun 26 2008 New Member 42 Verbs, Tenses, Past Tenses

	Mister Micawber  +  554243 Wed, 13 Aug 08 09:58 AM . A Singaporean man was sentenced (past passive) to two weeks’ jail and fined S$500 for tampering(intransitive verb)(Question 2 -How come is "ing" is not "tampered"-- It is a gerund) with his vehicle’s fuel gauge. 52—year—old Mr *** pleaded guilty to two charges on August 5 for not having(verb) the minimum amount of fuel in his vehicle while leaving(verb) Singapore and for giving(verb) false information to the officer inspecting(verb) his car (Question 3- How come these sentences all the verbs is "ing"?-- The first and third are gerunds; the second is a clause expressing the same time frame: 'while [he was] leaving Singapore'. ) In the last two years, three people have been charged (passive have been + past participle) in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges, and all were fined and imprisoned (Question 4 -passive were + past participle // Past tense??-- Present Perfect aspect, Passive voice) Hi, I have 4 quetions to ask, many thanks for reply :-) I'm very confused about using "ing" Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,805 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Gerunds, Present Perfect, Past Tenses

	happyhour123  +  554590 Thu, 14 Aug 08 02:54 AM Thanks for the reply, still confused to use "Gerund" (-ing). May i know more about how to use Gerund? happyhour123 Tenses, Gerunds, Past Tenses

	CalifJim  +  554596 Thu, 14 Aug 08 03:10 AM happyhour123 “How come in these sentences all the verbs is have "ing"?” The -ing form is the only form of the verb that is allowed after a preposition. for (not) having  for tampering while leaving for giving without seeing; by going; since finding; before paying, etc.  ____ And in another case the -ing form remains after the deletion of "who was": ... the officer (who was) inspecting his car. CJ    CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,421 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Verbs, Prepositions, Tenses, Past Tenses