You have used double past tenses, and I really would recommend that you do not use short forms because the tenses go haywire .. I did not got time is wrong because the words "did not" is always followed by the present tense..i.e.I did

I'm Australian, and it's always 'tanned' here. But I would contend that is what it's intended to be in American English, too. I always used to read/hear 'tanned' in American media and books, and it's only in recent

Thank you very much for the prompt reply. So, if the line is in the present tense, you say "It has been exaxtly five years since her father died" but not so in the past tense? Um, someone has just introduced me to a Longman link

Hi Soeleen The word "on" can be added there, but in American English it is often omitted in such a sentence.

Hi Anon "Have" and "have got" are interchangeable when used with a meaning similar to "possess" or "own" in the present tense. I would say that the primary "difference" in this case would be that

Fewer students have played truant since the new system was implemented. It's common construction with using Present Perfect in one clause and Past Simple in since-clause. It has been ages since I saw him. __ In sentence with since we

You are cordially welcomed to the party. You have been welcomed. BUT. "You are welcomed" combine present tense "are" and past tense "welcomed" in a manner that would not sound right to an American English user.

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

In American English, we always "take" a shower or bath. It also can be used idiomatically the past tense, meaning to lose a bundle of money in a short peiod of time: The traders were dumping more oil on the market, driving the price down

This should answer your question: What is the difference between learned and learnt? These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn.  Learnt  is more common in British English, and  learned  in American