By Present tenses, Verbs

Hi all''You have got to buy that book. It's a real page-turner.''He said (that) I had to buy that book and that it is a real page-turner.Does this report structure sound natural to you? I have used the present tense for the second verb in the reported clause to put emphasis on...

In some cases this is possible, but not in general. You would typically have some sort of modal verb there.I'm sorry you are leaving us so soon.I'm sorry you have to have such a serious operation next month.I'm sorry you can't attend the party tonight. CJ

.No.She can sing. -- 'sing' is base form; the inflected verb is 'can' (which does not take 's')It really improves.-- OK. 'It' is 3rd person singular, so the verb is 'improves'.It will be a pleasure to see you in Las Vegas.-- Only the verb would take...

Only one s in present!!! You can't use will with the stative verbs in this construction: } _______Your example with make sure does not belong to the pattern above. There's no indirect question.Make sure (that) you come back soon.A make sure that pattern is not followed by a future...

My grammar book tells me that "present tense" usually cannot be used to represent "one-time action happens in the present time". For example, "He sleeps in bed" doesn't necessarily mean that he is sleeping in bed right now (present action). But I saw these...

Hello, everyone. I learned from my grammar book that we often use present tense to refer to future in "in case-clause". Like: I always take an umbrella in case it rains. I've bought a chicken in case your mother stays to lunch. In those cases, I found that all the verbs in main...

This often happens with the verb help. In my opinion, it's an abbreviated form of If you think that it will help, which is an if-clause in the present tense. (think is in the present tense.) The it will help part is therefore actually an implied subordinate clause. The same doesn't...

.I have underlined some problem areas, Oliver:Nowadays, most big and advanced factories need more equipments, less workers. So a new vocation brought out for the managers to control so many machines with few labours, we called the new line-Automatic project control. We use automatic control...

Hi Cute572 1. Sitting at my writing desk and working on my assignment, I become captivated by the soft evening rays, pouring in through the side window and gently covering my sheet in their yellow and orange shades. "Become" is fine (if you've decided that you want to write the...

After has/have/had you need to use the past participle. In the case of regular verbs, the past participle is the same as the (simple) past tense: I play; I played; I have played. In the case of irregular verbs, it can be different: I do; I did; I have done. By some quirk of the language, the...