By Simple past, Verbs

Hi MkyolI'd like to point out a few things:- The word 'since' does not work in your sentence as it is written. It seems that you want to use the word 'since' to talk about 'from a point in the past up to now', but that doesn't work well with the verb 'started'. The start of something is usually...

Hoa Thai wrote: Yoong Liat wrote:I'd not use a comma.Hi Yoong Liat,How did you interpret the clause 'when he killed his girlfriend in a car crash'? I am troubled with when, particularly the verb kill is in simple past tense, because the whole sentence could mean 'as soon as he killed his...

Yoong Liat wrote:I'd not use a comma.Hi Yoong Liat,How did you interpret the clause 'when he killed his girlfriend in a car crash'? I am troubled with when, particularly the verb kill is in simple past tense, because the whole sentence could mean 'as soon as he killed his girlfriend, he was...

Hi, The rule of thumb is that Americans will typically use the 'ed' endings for simple past while the British will sometimes use 't' Please be aware that there are typically three pronunciation endings for verbs in the simple past with 'ed' endings e.g. : dreamed (d)worked...

As a footnote: You can use the simple past to express a repeated action if you supplement the verb with an appropriate adverbial phrase, e.g. 1. Every day, I stared out of my window. Best wishes, MrP

Hi, I know that you use the simple past for an action happened in a definite time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet. There's more to it than that. You need to review the uses of the Present perfect in a good grammar book. Once, I heard Peter Griffin say...

Hi, I know that you use the simple past for an action happened in a definite time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet. Once, I heard Peter Griffin say this on an episode of “the family guy”: I’ve never asked for anything, but I don’t know where else to...

Did you meet Jeremy when you were living in Sweden? Feebs11 wrote:I asked her whether she had met Jeremy when she was living in Sweden.I asked her whether/if she met Jeremy when she was living in Sweden.I would avoid "had been living" - it is not indicated by the original sentence.I was taught...

Hi,look up a verb in the dictionary. You get base form // past // past participlego ---> go / went / goneeat --> eat / ate / eatenwalk -> walk / walked / walked (this is a regular verb, you just have to add -ed at the end)You use the past for the simple past, for example.Yesterday I went...

Eng.noob wrote:Hi,I have a doubt. Why is present tense(COME) used in 1st sentence and why past(TOLD) in 2nd sentence?I mean its never writen "he would have came", yet its true that "he would have TOLD(not tell)"??-Thanks. Two of the past forms in English are the simple past (sometimes irregular,...