By Past perfect, Present continuous

Hi, Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Continuous I was studying EnglishPast Perfect: I had studied English Past Perfect...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...

I walked to the nurse desk and asked for a bottled water and one of the nurses told me that I couldn't take any liquid before surgery. Instead, she told me to get some rest. I walked back to my room and told my mom. Mom said, "Sounds like she knows what she's talking about."...

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...

«Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.» As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening at the moment of speech (the present). But being a...

Hi, Why is that sometimes I see words like 'past perfect' or 'present continuous', they are used in sentences as a noun, not as an adjective as my dictionary seems to be showing? Are they adjectives or nouns? You should use a past perfect, not a present perfect.

There are 16 tenses in english. I'll list them ... 1. Present Simple - I play2. Present Continuous - I am playing3. Present Perfect - I have played4. Present Perfect Continuous - I have been playing5. Past Simple - I played6. Past Continuous - I was playing7. Past Perfect - I had played8. Past...

Simple present. They all form a logical pattern. You are wrong about present perfect, by the way. am, is, are + -ing Present continuous was, were + -ing Past continuous am, is, are + anything else Simple present was, were + anything else Simple past has, have + been + -ing ...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: You are reading a letter from your friend which says: I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter. Do you object to the use of tenses in the above? Yes, I'd object to it. The letter is strange in several ways, including "before I am writing" and the...

Magda wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Magda wrote:Why wouldn't I? The difference is obvious. I asked the original question because of what my teacher told us yesterday: certain time expressions (e.g. last week) can go with Past Perfect in a certain context. This, however, clashes with what I know...