Hi in the following sentence : Bob and I went for a walk. I had ttrouble keeping up with him because ______ (walk) so fast. which tense shoul be used? Past progressive because he was walking so fast or Past Perfect Progressive because he had been

Goodman, I understand the use of thoses tenses in English, however, what I would like to discuss here is the possibility of a different interpretation, I mean, Past Perfect Progressive is used to talk about a longer action which had continued up

Hi everybody, Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect,

Here are some Present - Past pairs: Simple present - Simple past Present progressive - Past progressive Present perfect - Past perfect Present perfect progressive - Past perfect progressive (Simple) Future (of the Present) (will) - ( Simple)

One of explanations could be a confusion between the "progressive" tenses. For example, the verb "to know" indeed can not be used in ONE of the progressive tenses, known also as "Continuous", ex.: "I'm

Hi, there! Here are my doubts. Could you help me, please? - He (write) a composition since lunch time . In this kind of sentence I could use e.g. the * Present Perfect Progressive : - He has been writting a composition since lunch time. In this

Hello, everyone: We have been discussing the matter several times this year. We have discussed the matter several times this year. I found that the first sentence is a bit unnatural using "several times" with present perfect

PWe are printing an award for a teacher and it's not immediately obvious where the mistake is. He has provided guidance and service from August 2006 to August 2008, but we are printing the award before his term ends. Is it present perfect

Hi Viceidol, Thus far we have examples of three tenses: simple present, present progressive, and present perfect progressive. As Philip says, the present progressive seems awkward with "I am wanting." I don't know if it's

You can use a specific time (yesterday, Monday, etc.) with the present perfect progressive as long as you've got 'since' or 'for' right before that specific time. "She's been calling me since yesterday/Monday" or