In Conditionals^x, Present tenses^x

Guest, Mister Micawber, Mask, Whenever I see a question of the form seen here - essentially a multiple choice question - I usually judge it to be a "test question" which was encountered in an English course, usually with one right answer. I am not always correct in this :( , but usually. In...

> Hmm... what did I get myself into? > My reply: A little trouble. > The Simple Present has several uses: > 1. Universal statements in which no reference to time is implied: > "Two and two make four." > My reply: So do other tenses, for example: Ex: Two and two have made four since I know...

I don't really understand the question either... Konstantin, you're referring to the Conditional with your German example. Indirect speech in German works differently as the Conjunctive has to be used in formal German, which however, can be replaced by the Conditional (would+infinitive). In...

To muddle it further, remember that "shall" is present tense and "should" is past tense. I disagree with both of these assertions. They are both either future tense or conditional. Rommie

Actually, you wouldn't say "I don't go to the movie." Because the singular implies a specific movie, you might use the past tense: "I didn't go to the movie." But the present tense in English is reserved for habitual action and/or the narrative present (normally reserved for literary journalism...

The city is polluted. ( simple present tense in passive form ) I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence ) I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund ) He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew. ( simple past, " that he was the Queen's nephew " is a noun clause...

Hi there, as far as I know Will, Shall, Can are all modal verbs used with present and other tenses. Would, Should, Could are verbs of the conditional tense. Eg: I can (am able to) go to the shops = modal verb and present tense of to go I would go if it started early = the condition of...

good answer pemmican regarding the conditionals... the same can be said for the all but (sadly) extinct subjunctive in english (which is present tense, except for "were", the past subjunctive of "to be")

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle d)...