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Nice question I once drove me mad for a while LOL What I learned is that you need to use either the present perfect or the past perfect although it is very idiomatic to use the simple past instead of the past perfect I am talking to you right now This is the first time I ve talked with you I...

Perhaps you d get a better feel for it if you accept the fact that the verb to frustrate is only transitive Did you read my previous post It can t be a verb until you add an object Living in the shadow of Victoria had been frustrating me Now it s a verb past perfect continuous tense Otherwise it...

quote user sarah88 My understanding is that if we use by this Friday we MUST use present perfect instead of simple present because it s about a period of time not a specific time Am I right about this concept Can we also use simple present To be honest with you I don t know when I can simply use...

My understanding is that if we use by this Friday we MUST use present perfect instead of simple present because it s about a period of time not a specific time Am I right about this concept Can we also use simple present To be honest with you I don t know when I can simply use simple past simple...

Hi Sarah Hopefully you ll get better replies than mine on this 1 Sorry I didn t show up I received an email saying the meeting had been canceled Didn t show up and received are simple past Had been canceled is prior to the simple past referernce point Use past perfect when you wish to make clear...

Hi 1 I think that this was intended for Nicholas and Emily their own private after party once the guests have gone 2 It happened before things had changed between you and Sam when she was still desperate to hang on to Jason Hi could anyone explain why the perfect form was used in these two...

Tenses and Sentences Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I have to decide whether each of these sentences are one of the following Future FormSimple PresentPast PerfectPast ContinuousSimple PastPresent PerfectPresent Continuous Here are the sentences and my attempts John is working hard à Simple...

Summary of drink Verb forms of drink drink drinking drank drunkSimple present I drink you drink he drinks Simple past I drank you drankProgressive I am drinking I was drinking I will be drinkingPresent perfect progressive I have drunk I have been drinkingPast perfect progressive I had drunk I...

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 perfect past perfect...

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 to say past simple...