By Past perfect, Present progressive

Teleostomi wrote: "There was no cockroach to have made her ill." At first I thought "to have made her ill" allows for only the interpretation of "past participle" but could it also be taken as "present participle"? I'll probably regret having jumped in here, but I don't think it's a...

I'm starting to comprehend at long last, Mr. P.The present progressive indicates an action that started in the past but has an effect on the future. Like:I've left home. I did it in the past, but I still experience the effects from that action up to this day.Amazing. This forum is just great....

Rex wrote: Un soldat américain a été tué en Iraq hier. The above is a passive sentence in French.I would translate the above into English as follows:An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday ORYesterday, an American soldier was killed in Iraq.I don't think my English version is a...

Don't you understand what people are talking about when they refer to "verb tenses", Jackson? The -ing form of verbs are used in the progressive/continuous 'tenses':- present progressive- present perfect progressive- past perfect progressive- future progressiveetc."I have been sleeping." "It...

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past Progressive Tense 8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense 9: Simple Future...

Tanglish wrote: Hi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses???? Thanks!!!!

Yoplain wrote: Thanks for the links. I've just skimmed through those pages. So now I guess : 1.My internet hasn't been working since this morning. - correct 2.My internet hasn't been working from this morning. - wrong 3.My internet doesn't work since this morning. - ? 4.My internet...

Anonymous wrote: Especially for Ruslana and Ville: Ani-I Ata---you (male singular) At----you(female singular) U(like in the word "who")-He Hi(sounds like "He)-----she Anahnu-we Atem-you(plural male) Aten-you(Plural female) Em---they(male) En----they(female) ...

Especially for Ruslana and Ville: Ani-I Ata---you (male singular) At----you(female singular) U(like in the word "who")-He Hi(sounds like "He)-----she Anahnu-we Atem-you(plural male) Aten-you(Plural female) Em---they(male) En----they(female) ...

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