Hi, It begins present simple tense ( begin -began-begun) It is beginning present progressive tense ( begin -began-begun) It began past simple tense ( begin - began -begun) It has/had begun present/past perfect

Question is: Identify the tense or grammar point, state the usage for the following sentence. 1: Can you play the harpsichord? tense/grammar point usage: I'm trying to figure this out, is it asking if it's one of these? Past

Not only did (past simple) he run, but he also talked (past simple) . Notice that the tense in each clause is the same. - vocabfish

Great observation! You are absolutely correct in your thought about the tenses matching. He controls (present simple) Andrew's Gold Imports and has been running (present perfect continuous) the business for almost ten years. He

1-- The writer wished to emphasize that past duration of time, energy and knowledge. 2-- Past simple and continuous do not work; they intimate that he is no longer running it. 3-- Probably not.

He controls Andrew's gold imports, and had been running the business for almost ten years. 1. Why is the past continuous perfect used here (and not the past simple or past continuous)? 2. Could the alternatives in brackets be

Hello, which do you say? 1 How are things with you? 2 How are things going with you? Would vs PAST simple 1 The police would check them off their list as they captured them. 2 The police woud check them off the list as they were captured. 3

WHAT IS THE SENTENCES STRUCTURE IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE?

Jim and his friends were digging around for me, trying to find the truth, but they hadn't found anything that might tell me who'd set me up. Someone had arranged with senior cops to have me arrested. The same person had arranged to have me

If she has helped you on multiple occasions, then use "have worked with" (and I would use "was" not "is"). If she helped you once, then use the past simple, and you can use "is" or "was" as long