In Perfect progressive^x

f perfect simple ill have seen them p ast perf simple he had gone past perf simp we have forgotten it what two things do the above have in commom in terms of form? now combine (they are retrospective )and answer above to create a sentence in present perfect progressive .. since...

>We told Sharon that her comments didn't really relate to the key issues at hand. is correct. I think, the direct speech sentence is in simple present: "Your comments don't relate to the key issues." When the "introduction"part of a sentence in indirect speech is in a past tense form...

You use the Simple Past for an action or event which took place and was finished in the past, signal words are e.g.: yesterday, last year, ... ago: Yesterday, I went to school. Last year, he visited his uncle. He died in Spain two years ago. The Past Perfect Progressive is used to express an...

You certainly meant which tense is used in each sentence?! 1. lives -> Simple Present ---> for generally known facts, truths; habits 2. is studying -> Present Progressive ---> expresses actions that happen just right now in this moment 3. lived -> Simple Past ---> for any action that...

>>Passive of Perfect Progressive Tenses: No such tense exists. May I add that I was confused myself - otherwise I wouldn't have asked... See last sentence of my signature, meaning: "Who was ever so confused (by anything)?"

The verdicts: Especially/specially: We don't seem to agree on this one. You have a right to be confused. Passive of Perfect Progressive Tenses: No such tense exists. Oh Please, you're going to give me a swelled head: The person is expressing modesty. I suppose the confusion there is my fault;...

Kit, it was confusing for me 'especially/specially', 'Passive of Perfect Progressive Tenses?', 'Oh please, you're going to give me a swelled head', 'Grammar (using the 'ing')' and maybe more. But I trust, no problem

Kitkattail is right, your English is really good Pemmican.

Oops, sorry I haven't mentioned that yet. I'm from Germany and I've learned English at school for 9 years (even though I didn't do very much for it in the first years). I finished school 3 years ago and I'm afraid my English will get worse, so I always try to practise and improve it (what could...

That's good advice for someone learning a foreign language. What is your first language, then? How long have you been speaking English? (Your English is really good, by the way.)