I actually think that simple present tense is better here ,as I saw many writers us this tense in there writing of the summary. But our teacher require us to us Simple past tense. (1) A new role, Donald Farfrae appeared at that time and helped

Thank you very much, Is it right to change them into past tense like the way below? If it's right, what is the difference between using simple present tense and simple past tense to describe a story. (1) As the novel opened, Michael

Hi Anon What sort of course are you doing? Are you familiar with the names of vebs tenses? (simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, etc.)

Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for

Hi, Very generally speaking, 1. When " do " is the main verb of a sentence in the simple present and the subject is in the third singular person (" he/she/it "). She always does her homework in the afternoon. -- He usually

I would recommend looking at it this way: The word "married" is an adjective in your sentence, not a verb. In the following sentences, "You are" is followed by an adjective: You are married. You are single. You are

Use 'is' with 'be' ( Is he your brother? Is he handsome? ) and with any present progressive verb ( Is he coming? ). Use 'does' with any simple present tense verb except 'be' ( Does he smoke? ).

1) You came here yesterday, didn't you? --Corrrect. 2) You come here yesterday, didn't you? ---Wrong. You can't use the simple present tense with a past tense in tag questions. You come here, don't you? will be correct

Hi. Could you please show the example of infinitive that you refer to? In #1, I take "come" as subjunctive, referring to the future. I take "came" as a suggestion about what might have happened in the past. It sounds a bit

Amy is right, of course. We DO use simple present, but so many of your sentences "he helps his mother" "he fishes by the river" "he calls for help" "he sees the robber" are going to describe situations