By Auxiliaries, Present perfect

1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past perfect (or...

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

By "true" I think you mean "correct"? True is the opposite of false, but doesn't apply to grammar. Only you can tell if your cell phone has no power, which would make the statement true. As far as correct goes, you could say "My cellphone has no power...

Clive wrote: Hi, You didn't let me know about the address. I think, here, did is a main verb and "let me know about the address" is a object of the verb "did". Consider the sentence if you make it positive. You let me know about the address. The main verb is 'let'. 'Did' is just an auxiliary...

Hi, Please take a look at the sentence below and tell me why the past perfect is used? Is it used since the fact contain within there is relevant to the present situation? I am used to seeing the present perfect being used in the main clause and it seems a little foreign to see it in a auxiliary...

I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional. If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Yes. This is a typical Type 3 conditional. If ... had ..., would have .... Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that...

Cool Breeze has written the following: A. The present perfect in the passive: A new house has been built. Two new houses have been built.{ http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectPerfectInfinitive/cpmzk/Post.htm...

Goodman wrote: Yes, you may say that. However, is more of an idiomatic expression'', I think here idiomatic means that he is gone is very common expression to English speakers. Right? 2: Please explain the following sentence and shouldn't and are be used in front of used? All the...

Hi everyone, I read some articles about this, not long ago. Clive wrote:Is grammar essential for learning a language? The answer is NO, NO, NO. Bird of Paradise, the book you read is right. We didn't learn the grammar of our first language before we were able to use it. I believe no...

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...