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Hi,Yes, I see you're quite confused. Fandorin has already told you that "had came" does not exist. Shall I try and repeat with different words what he meant?Have a look at any dictionary. It will show you the three forms of this verb: come, came, comeThe first "come" is...

Hi,First thing first, let's give the verb forms their correct names. was purchased >> past simple, passive had struggled >> past perfect is purchased >> present simple, passiveThe time sequence in your example sentence is something like this: 1. in the...

Hi everybody,Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past...

Hi everybody,I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle:Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical...

Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

Hi, I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect. I put my answers in (brackets)1.We had finished...

Hi I need some help with advanced verb phrases - whether these sentences are Future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, present simple, or future perfect. I put my answers in (brackets)1.We had finished...

Devrim55 wrote:If we ...........ready for the YDS exam decently, we .........at least two and a half hours a day for reading questions. a)were to get / should have spared b)got / would have spared c)are to get / had spared d)have gotten / would spare e)have to get / must have spared thanks...

Rooonie wrote: Ruslana wrote: Very simple rules? Present: I / you / we / they --> have I have a cat. he / she / it --> has He has a dog. Past: always had They had very many pets when they were children. how about this: I have discussed with him or I had discussed...

Hao Thai:"Now could you please do the same for past perfect, presentperfect, future perfect, and their associated progressivecousins?"Ok, but that'll take some time. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVEYesterday at 9:30 I had been eating for 5 minutes. |<----------------->| ...