Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

They had to have that specially made? The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B's request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have

He would have had completed the task if he had asked for help before he left work -- would have had completed used for had asked (past perfect) that happens before left (simple past) Is it false then? "would have + (past perfect)"

Peaceblinkfriend wrote: Hi, If I hadn't passed my exam, I wouldn't have gone to Cancun. = This is a conditional clause and in this instance, it is being used to talk about something that might have happened in the past, but did not in fact

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms.

Thanks Don for your help. I have difficulty finding this ... might ? Past perfect of may 1. I had might (snip more) You can't say anything like those in English. "May" and "might" are auxilliaries (helping verbs or modals)

Also, if you count "will" as constituting a tense on ... As a separate tense of its own (the past future)? The use of will/shall to form the future tense is only one use of the word. It still remains a modal auxiliary, with a past tense.

Also, if you count "will" as constituting a tense on its own (the future), how do you characterize the past tense of "will" ("would")? As a separate tense of its own (the past future)? The use of will/shall to form

There are only two tenses in English: past and present. The verb forms and auxiliaries associated with these two tenses ... : I ran. progressive aspect: am/was running perfect aspect : have/had run prefect & progressive aspects combined: