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Another question on page 8:Complete these sentences in any way you like, taking care to choose appropriately between the present perfect and past simple tenses.d) A: Do you still have your school books from when you were a kid? B : No, my parents ...My answer : have thrown them all out.Book...

Thank you. It will take some time to reflect upon your response. As to your question of where I wanted to put a semicolon, it was in the underlined part. I was pretty sure a semicolon is appropriate but wanted to confirm. You changed the tense of the last sentence to present perfect; (semicolon...

Thank you so much.How would you divide this type of writing (diary or reflection piece?) into paragraphs, especially when the content of a possible paragraph is two or thre sentences long?You asked: I am starting to work on my two-month project on today this afternoon;, and when my nephew gets...

Hi,1. Would you say it is appropriate to use the present perfect "have loosened" here (sort of an amusement park report) in a subordinate clause?With a small hiccup, the ride tilts to the side and *** young ones who have loosened their grip are send sliding into the center of ..2. Can...

No.Present perfect only is "used when an action begins in the past but continues into the present / holds relevance in the present".Past perfect is used when an action began in the past but continued to another point in the past / held relevance at that point in the past.Past perfect...

Hi, Could someone help me understand the difference between Present Perfect and Past Perfect ? As far as I know in both tenses are used when an action begins in the past but continues into the present / holds relevance in the present. You'll find a lot of discussion on the Forum about these...

Hi,Could someone help me understand the difference between Present Perfect and Past Perfect ? As far as I know in both tenses are used when an action begins in the past but continues into the present / holds relevance in the present. Thanks... N

Huygen, By reading your post, something tells me that your English level should be beyond the question you just asked, and able to categorize the tenses already. There are 3 basic tenses: Simple past – present – future There are past progressive- present progressive- future progressive....

.1) we form the Present Perfect tense with "has/have"+ the past participle. It is used to show:a) actions that have been completed recently.-- Yes, that is one use 2) we form the Past Perfect Tense with "had" + the past participle. It is used to showa) an action that...

Hi Mentors, Tutors and Native English Speakers/writersCan i say: 1) we form the Present Perfect tense with "has/have" 2) we form the Past Perfect Tense with "had" + the past participle. It is used to show: ...