Hi I just wondered if someone would be so kind as to just check my answers make sure I have understood correctly. Many thanks in advance. I have to read the following sentences and decide if they use one of the following 4:- the

Hello everyone, I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Hi, You

I just want to point out the word "could" is indicative of the subjunctive mood Modal verbs don't have tenses and moods in the way that other verbs do. could certainly acts like a past subjunctive in If I could help you, I would.

Did you stay up all night in preparation for your study? How come in this sentence instead of stayed we use stay, the reason I ask is because the sentence begins with a past tense verb (did )? Is it because of the modal rule(do/did) so stay is in

Did you stay up all night in preparation for your study? How come in this sentence instead of stayed we use stay, the reason I ask is because the sentence begins with a past tense verb (did )? Is it because of the modal rule(do/did) so stay is in

I didn't know I have to stay up all night before I go to the stupid sleep clinic! I'm so tired! Since didn't could be used as a modal shouldn't have be in its base form? Even I know this whole sentence is in the past tense. Or

I didn't know I have to stay up all night before I go to the stupid sleep clinic! I'm so tired! Since didn't could be used as a modal shouldn't have be in its base form? Even I know this whole sentence is in the past tense. Or

Hi Pleasehelp, The usage on and explanations on the modals have been discussed many times. Google "modals". I think the basic explanations can be found quite easily. Is could the past tense of can? What other uses can could

Why should we use 'would' ,'could' in the subjunctive mood and in the future tense? would and could , along with several other verbs, are called modal verbs. The modal verbs don't really have tenses, so you can't really use

Tell me if this is correct. Do isn't a modal verb but it can function as one. Therefore the verb after do is in its base form. Plus, did is the past tense of do so if I add -ed to happen, it would be redundant because did is already in the