In Verbs^x, Past simple^x

CalifJim wrote: Kooyeen, Were there any other adverbs with this property (nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE)? Or just just ? I'd be interested, because I think there are several. I believe already is another, for example. I was told "just, yet, already, ever, never" had to be...

Hi, She is at her desk , being afraid of something. Is this sentece above correct? Can I leave the being out? Yes, leave it out. Can I use being in the past simple sentence below? Again, leave it out. She was at her desk , being afraid of something. It's an odd phrase in...

Hi from Türkiye, in somewhere I came across that we can't use past simple of the verb "beat" for example, yesterday James beat John . instead we say, John was beaten by James yesterday. This is really straange, because in many languages they use the first sentence firstly.

Hi, everyone. I've been reading the forums for a while, and I've got a lot of knowledge about conditionals from here. Here's a pattern of conditionals. If + past from verb .., S would/could .. eg. If the sun were to rise in the west, I woud give you a billion dollars. Can I rewrite...

Actually it is the right way of saying it! There's something called MIXED conditionals, and "if i were in your shoes, i would've killed him" is a perfect example. Type 2 Conditional, as Conchita57 meantioned, refers to an unreal situation in the present/future. So when you say "if i were...

Conchita57 wrote: This is not the usual combination of tenses in conditional sentences. You could say either: 'If I were in your shoes, I would kill him' (unreal situation in the present/future) or: 'If I had been in your shoes, I would have killed him' (unreal situation in the past)....

Tanglish wrote: Hi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses?? Thanks!!

Diamondrg wrote: Can it be regarded as a deduction, an element which the present perfect simple lacks? Hi, yes, I would say so. It's still a problem for me (and many other learners) to understand how to use the present perfect continuous, but I would say it's strongly related to the...

Verb = swim Swam = past simple tense. Refers to actions/events in past time. "She swam a kilometre yesterday." No connection with present time. Swum = past participle. Used to form the pefect tense with auxiliary verb "have" - have/has/had + past participle = perfect tense. Note the...

«Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.» Thanks, I'll try to! 1. You didn't understand what I meant by bracketing tha last clause: "He insisted that he had enjoined listening to music (but then he had suddenly become deaf)" Not that it was my comment or a possible...