http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aGerunds+tag%3aPresent+perfect+tag%3aPast+tensesSearch results for 'tag:Gerunds tag:Present perfect tag:Past tenses' matching tags 'Gerunds', 'Present perfect', and 'Past tenses'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveOrPastTenseIng/gknnj/post.htm#554243Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:58:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:554243mister micawber A Singaporean man was sentenced past passive to two weeks jail and fined S 500 for tampering intransitive verb Question 2 How come is ing is not tampered It is a gerund with his vehicle s fuel gauge 52 year old Mr pleaded guilty to two charges on August 5 for not having verb the minimum amount of fuel in his vehicle while leaving verb Singapore and for giving verb false information to the officer inspecting verb his car Question 3 How come these sentences all the verbs is ing The first and third are gerunds the second is a clause expressing the same time frame while he was leaving Singapore In the last two years three people have been charged passive have been past participle in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges and all were fined and imprisoned Question 4 passive were past participle Past tense Present Perfect aspect Passive voice Hi I have 4 quetions to ask many thanks for reply I m very confused about using ing http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHelpMe/dkjjp/post.htmSun, 10 Dec 2006 13:12:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302462conscientiousstudentDear wisdoms I have seen those kind of tenses all the time but I got no idea what they are 1 It is very true that having recovered such revolted provinces it is easier to keep them in subjection gt This seems to be a Present Prefect tense however I can t find this kind of Present Perfect tense in any grammar book having P P gt I guess it would be gerund if so what would be the gerund form of Past Perfect tense then gt If it is gerund then why we don t just put it as It is very true that recovering such revolted provinces 2 When being asked how he felt after arrived in Beijing he replies gt I guess this is Passive Voice in Present or Past tense But not sure if it is does it mean the Passive Voice in Present or Past tense sharing the same formation Those questions I have asked my English teachers in Uni and some native speakers however no one able to explain the rationale of them to me And I believe here is my discourse Thank you in anticipation http://www.englishforums.com/English/Questions/ljxl/post.htm#56893Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:58:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:56893califjim1 How much water does that tank a comprise b include c consist d contain I m not sure between comprise and contain comprise takes as its object s persons or things that are constituent parts That tank comprises a lot of water says that a lot of water is a constituent part of the tank That makes no sense I don t think you want that 2 I don t of smoking at all a allow b accept c agree d approve probably approve Of the choices only approve can be followed by of 3 After working for six hours without a break Emily for a cup of tea a longed b desired c interested d wanted there is possible choice between long for and desire for Of the choices only long can be followed by for 4 It was my father who suggested the boat a purchase b to purchase c buying d why not to buy suggest governs gerunds so suggested buying is the only possibility 5 Riding a horse isn t as difficult as it looks In fact there s nothing it a by b to c on d about nothing to it is the idiom Contrary to what is done with most prepositional phrases stress the preposition to when saying this one 6 Before going to India my father for an American bank for three years a has been working b has worked c worked d works probably has worked before triggers the past tense before going to India is a specific time in the past therefore it is incompatible with any present perfect forms such as a and b 7 Brad s understanding of the language is improving a by hook or by crook b by leaps and bounds c from time to time d slow but sure By the meaning and aspect of improving by leaps and bounds is the only possibility by hook or by crook relates only to actions undertaken with determination The abstract subject understanding could not undertake anything with determination of course improving shows a continuous aspect so from time to time clearly non continuous won t do To show how the improving is progressing you might have adverbs as in slowly but surely but not the adjectives in slow but sure