Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

is Is closed an adjective in the sentence? Yes. There are many cases where you will find "ed" at the end of a word. It does not always mean "past tense". It could be an adjective. Present: The glass is large. Past: The glass

do we use it in the past to exprime future ?? I think you're asking, "Can we use would, could, or might with a past tense to express the future?" In that case the answer is "Yes, you can use them like that". Yesterday Jake

Sorry to butt in like this. I'm sure Clive will give his expert advice but let me try to explain it the way I see it (from a non native speaker's point of view). Regarding the New York sentence, since both the living/working

Hi, Both 'thought' and 'fixed' are past tense. The fact that the car is, in the present, fixed or not doesn't change your word choice for this sentence. You are correct when you say the past tense ' thought ' is to

Hi, Yes, I'm an ESL teacher. It's not a question of whether it is 3 days or 4 days. It's a question of whether the statement is still clearly true in the present situation. If you are not sure, use past tense. Clive

What about 3 days ago? Should I use past perfect or present perfect?

What is the past participle and past participle of walk? I assume you want to know about the present participle and the past participle. Present participles always end with "ing", so the present participle of "walk" is

So just because thought is in the past tense it doesn't have to follow with didn't (past tense). Are you sure Clive? Are you an English teacher. Just curious. Thanks