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Hello I m confusing with the use of the verb See in the Present Simple and in the Past Simple with the verb Can or without it For example You see the house or You can see the house You saw the house or You could see the house I couldn t see it anywhere or I didn t see it anywhere Could you help...

Hi The verb you re looking for is lie lay lain present I usually lie in bed waiting for past simple Yesterday I lay in bed waiting for past progressive I was lying in bed waiting for when The verb lay laid laid is transitive so you need an object for instance you could say in the past I laid the...

I m not super experienced but so far I can tell you it sprobably ii She quickly rushed into the living room to when she heard the phone ringing Because we re talking about a room in this case a room you can go into and I think it shouldbe ringing instead of rang however both are possible I...

Hello Goodman I presume the they you refered to is the chefs am I right Right and I wondered what _you_ referred to with the they in your sentence Now I see it were the take outs 2 But eating from a box an hour after it has been cooked is not very appetizing to my stomach unless I was starving...

Hi Goodman and thanks for the reply Actually I meant replacing it with the Past Simple But eating from a box an hour after they cooked it inserted by Ant is not very appetizing to my stomach unless I was starving It should be Have been cook present prefect passive Having been coocked I hope or am...

To me No 1 s use of past perfect sets the action to the time before some event This is actually an example of the standard No sooner phrase See for example http www bbc co uk worldservice learningenglish radio specials 1535_questionanswer page61 shtml 2 s use of past tense shows her getting word...

Can you provide some sentences wherein you re not sure which tense to use As a general rule use Past Simple when referring to the present and future simple to the future But since the former extends naturally into the latter these tenses are sometimes interchaneable Lock the door so that nobody...

quote user Forbes I remember listening to a radio programme about the varieties of forms of speech in Italy They simply change language like they change clothes without worrying about the status of their home speech quote There s some truth in that article My parents for instance used to speak...

Can you please help me with what tenses these sentences are eg Past simple perfect continuous progressive etc I know they are past tense although the first could possibly also be present but unsure if they are simple perfect continous etc 1 At 9 o clock the supermarket opened 2 When I got there...

If I had known you would be late I would ve waited for you I think this is correct Can I say without changing the meaning If I had known you were late I would ve waited for you I think the fact that you were late is what the speaker already know right now so the past simple could be used in the...