1. There is no objection to the use of time words with the past perfect tense. The objection is when these words are used with the present perfect tense. You may, however, if you wish, replace "last week" with "the previous

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

A : If I had known that earlier This part is past perfect tense because of 'earlier' right? If I had known earlier which states that if this person had known before so it uses the past perfect?

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

She has been married for one year. Is this, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS or, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS? MATT

From where I stand, I see these 2 sentences in tense disagreement without additional context to support them. The first implies that Tony may no longer know the City. For the second one, It makes more sense to say: "Tony knows

* I work from 6.00am until 1.00pm every day. - Present simple, a routine (P) * Snow melts when the temperature rises. - Present simple (I), 'a scientific or general truth.' * She has been married for one year. - Present perfect (J) * At 10.30 I

Hi, I have been working through an exercise, the majority of it went well, but I just need someone to help me to clarify some of the answers below. The assignment first covers the 'Tense' of the question, followed by the function. Thank

You can wait more than 45 minutes before assuming no one will answer your post. Some of us even sleep at night. In another thread you said you didn't understand the perfect tenses. There is the present perfect tense: I

Hi, I have just finished my assignment concerning sentences tenses and time references. It was a little difficult, but I managed. It would be great, if someone could tell me if I am on the right track. Feedback would be greatly appreciated Thank