If you use "playing" instead of "play" in that example it has a very similar meaning. When you add "ing" to a verb it means the action is on going. So in the past, when you use a verb in the progressive form (ing) you

Hi Friends, I have a doubt in past tense words how to use, i am a begineer in english. i have to learn more from you. so please guide and teach me. my question is, 1. i tried? 2. i was tried? What is difference between this two sentense? please

Hello everyone! Some questions were coming up with my head while watching TV drama 'Supernatural'. There were scripts like following. 1. If the ghosts are in hell, how can they hear the chanting? 2. If the ghosts were in

Why didn't you just say you haven't read the book. Why didn't you just say you hadn't read the book. Again one is present perfect and the other is past perfect but what's the difference between the two sentences?

I told my mom she has gotten a ticket for not speaking English. OR I told my mom she had gotten a ticket for not speaking English. What's the difference between the two sentences? I know one is present perfect and the other past perfect but

Hi, the problem here is the difference between simple past and present perfect. There are a lot of thread about that in this forum, if take a look around with the search function. Generally speaking, if you want to mention something that happened

You can. The towing company towed it. The car was towed to the garage. -- Simple past The towing company has towed it. The car has been towed to the garage. -- Present perfect. You are okay with the difference between past and present perfect

-I opened the door to find we HAD/HAD GOT mice nesting in the wig collection. (in this case, what's the difference between had and had got?) Get-forms of have are less common in the past tense. PS:For answers I used Practical English Usage by

I already joined a league.- Simple past I've already joined a league.- Present perfect What's the difference between these two sentences because they mean the same thing in my mind.

If vowels in a language are few,then it is hard to understand that language. and as I said "Because the consonants are mostly pronounced loose that makes it hard to recognise the words." No, because "few vowels" means there