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Hmm, thank you, very interesting... and a little confusing too. At first I thought I had to use the past perfect or past perfect continuous... This is because I still have trouble using the pesent perfect continuous and the the past perfect. You search the net for some info from 9 am to 11 am,...

Hi Yoong,>>The children's mother had been looking after them, but since she passed away, their father has / has had to look after them.I don't like that past perfect. Without any context, I see you are talking from a present point of view (now, present situation, the father has to take...

1. I wonder who is making / was making that dreadful row. - are both versions possible? Yes. If you are talking about the noise going on now, use "is" but if you are talking about that noise you hear last night, for example, use "was." 2. After he had eaten an enormous dinner, he fell asleep...

Hello there!I've just completed an exercise from a book called "A Proficiency Course In English" (Bywater) concerning tenses, and I have some questions about it. Could you give me your explanations? (since the key doesn't say anything apart from giving the answer only)1. I wonder who is making /...

Simple present. They all form a logical pattern. You are wrong about present perfect, by the way. am, is, are + -ing Present continuous was, were + -ing Past continuous am, is, are + anything else Simple present was, were + anything else Simple past has, have + been + -ing ...

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past Progressive Tense 8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense 9: Simple Future...

Dear Yoong Liat, Do you mean Past Participle by Past Perfect Tense form? You are right it depends on the way the word is used. The run is Simple Present Tense form and it is also Past Participle. It depends on its use whether it is being used as Simple Present Tense form or Past...

Hi Jackson6612 "Past Participle" cannot be classified as Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, etc. Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle run ran run play played played Here we have Simple...

I am a bit confused at the use of either the simple past or the simple present after the main clause in the simple past in those instances when the subordinate clause does not denote the universal truth but some kind of continuous state or habitual action. When you google for such examples you...