Hi, How are you all ? Well, I'm reading an english grammer book called English Grammer In Use and I reached to the past perfect and I'm facing troubles in getting the idea of where and how to use it. Sometimes I understand the way but after a

why do these 4 tenses won't turn to passive voice? 1. future continuous 2. present perfect continuous 3. past perfect continuous 4. future perfect continuous You can use these tenses in the passive if you want. People don't normally use

why do these 4 tenses won't turn to passive voice? 1. future continuous 2. present perfect continuous 3. past perfect continuous 4. future perfect continuous

Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? "He said he did it for fun." Or should it be written as: "He said he had done it for fun"? There is nothing wrong with either, but they signify or may signify different

On 21 Nov 2003 17:49:53 GMT, CyberCypher I gave you the general rules for reported speech in the two examples above. The first is for habitual action ... should be in the past perfect". That refers to a one-time action or to a habit that no

Pete (Email Removed) wrote on 22 Nov 2003: CyberCypher wrote on 22 Nov 2003: football field yesterday? I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clearer. I was thinking, since the "did it" was before the action "said" then

In General, the Continuous tenses express actions that are/were "in progress" at a certain time, therefore they are also called "Progressive tenses". 1) Present Continuous or Present Progressive is used, when the action is happening just right

Who can help on how to use the correct tenses: Present Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Thanks

"Kermit" (Email Removed) wrote on 20 Nov 2003: The backshifting rule allows for exceptions, but you would have to give examples of comlex rather than compound sentences to see how it works. 1. You are not allowed to enter here unless you

Please help me if you have any "medical" exercises on the present and past perfect and on the conditional sentenses ('if' sentenses). Thanks for trying to help.