I wish... happened now is not correct. You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the

Thanks. Gleb. What about the tense? Is it better to use the simple present or past tense?

All OK, except as follows: Nigel lives in London PRESENT CONTINUOUS Simple present -- There's no -ing. You must have an -ing for a continuous tense. I' ve had a cold for 5 days SIMPLE PRESENT Present perfect -- have had -- auxiliary have

Could someone please check my answers for the following. I have to match the tenses / structures with the sentences The tenses I have to choose from are:- Future form, Simple present, Simple past, Past continuous, Present perfect,

I'm still somewhat confused regarding the subjunctive mood. Suppose we are talking about two different people, two "hes", is this correct? (1) He is rich, and he wishes he were rich. (2) He was rich, and he wishes he

from my poin of view it's a tense that we use to retell the past event in general adverb of time

So what tense is "I used to drive"??   simple past Which means that you used to drive regularly or all the time in the past , but you don't drive now. Another example I used to smoke , but I am a non-smoker now .    (simple past)  

Thanks. So what tense is "I used to drive"??

No, "I drove" is simple past for "I drive." "I cooked" is simple past. The specific time is whenever John arrived. We don't know what time that was, but the person speaking/writing the sentence does.

Thanks. So is "I used to drive" and "I cooked dinner when John arrived" Simple past? Where's the specific time?