1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours 2) I needn't have brought that milk I = subject need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle. not -

Hi there, I hope you can explain/tell the rule as to why these are wrong please: If I will be rich, I would retire. should be If I were rich, I would retire. -the reasoning I came up with is can't use future tense (will be) here. Past tense can

A sentence may take the form of a single clause or be formed from several clauses. The typical clause has a noun phrase for a subject and a verb phrase for a predicate. The verb phrase may have another noun phrase or two embedded within it

Hello Hela I'm inclined to agree with CJ about your example 2: 'It's (high/about) time she WAS in bed' seems the natural form, because you use this phrase when you have no doubt that the person should be in bed. I agree too that the

It would be impossible to write everything there is to know about "voice" in English in just one post, but I hope the following will help. In English, a transitive verb can be used either in the 'active' or the 'passive' voice. If the person