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Hello I m trying to make some sentences about present perfect when this tense relates to an action that still has an effect in the present so I wonder if these examples are ok She has lost her passport She will miss her flight I have lost my keys How can I enter my house now

What are the differences in meaning and answers to each of these questions below 1 Do you ever play a lottery 2 Have you ever played a lottery I m so confused with the tense used in the first sentence As far as I know native speakers of English use present perfect tense to ask someone about...

What s the difference in meaning between the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses For example 1 She has worked here for 20 years present perfect 2 She has been working here for 20 years present perfect continuous The only difference I can find is that in sentence 1 she may not be...

Hi paco oh I m sorry you re right I live here for two years Seems in this sentence there s something wrong indeed although I ve seen these kind of sentences several times in books Let me add my humble opinion without any context this sentence seems to have nothing wrong to me at least...

hi i ve read this tip from the englishforums com hope it helps the passive is be is was have been past participle We can form the passive in any tense In fact conjugation of verbs in the passive tense is rather easy as the main verb is always in past participle form and the auxiliary verb is...

Pemmican wrote 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 Simple Past past tense form e Present Perfect Progressive have has been present participle f...

Mr Pendantic Re your imaginings I don t think it s imagination With the present perfect but not with the simple present in the subordinate clause you can easily use another present perfect in the main clause Once you ve seen one slum you ve seen them all Once you ve answered the tenth question...

Hello all 1 Once you arrive in town 2 Once you ve arrived in town The present tense seems to lend itself to a sense that arriving is near the beginning of a series of actions 3 Once you arrive go straight to the High St I ll be waiting outside Boots Whereas the present perfect seems to lend...

I m only one but I prefer the simple present tense The past perfect seems unnecessarily wordy The only difference I detect between when and once and as soon as is the increasing order of immediacy or insistence Otherwise all three take present or present perfect with a main clause in the present...

Hello Smith I am not kind of stupid to believe Google s majority goes with grammar but are you sure we always have to use present perfect tense in a once clause Google results Once you arrive in town 308 hits Once you ve you have arrived in town 18 hits paco