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I think you need to review the tenses.Without an -ing word, there is no progressive tense. See 3 and 4.With auxiliary verb have, you have a perfect tense. See 3. You missed one that was past simple. Look for verb forms that end in d. Can you please try again? CJ

. Overall, it should work fine, MZL. A few corrections and fewer comments:Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base (or 'dictionary') form of verb ( Did your mother call you? ) -- It is best to save the term...

Would anybody be kind enough to tell me what they think of this lesson plan I've made for my TEFL module ? Any suggestions ??Thanks so much .MZL Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past simple question forms and shot...

Jaishree, The second one is correct because it contains the auxiliary verb ("is") and punctuation (the period or full-stop at the end). Without the verb, in particular, the first line is not actually a sentence. For clarity, you can always rearrange the wording into the basic subject +...

Hi, I would appreciate any help to explain in grammatical terms why the following sentence doesn't work: * I didn't talked to Simon on Sunday. Is it because a past simple verb cannot follow another past tense? It is obviously incorrect, but I'm not sure how to explain this to my...

Loojka wrote:It's should have + past participle1) You should have come to the party. - OK2) You should have came to the party. - not OK1) You should have went to the party. - wrong ("gone" instead of "went")2) You should have shot the target. - OK (but the past simple and the past participle of...

Hi everyone, I read some articles about this, not long ago. Clive wrote:Is grammar essential for learning a language? The answer is NO, NO, NO. Bird of Paradise, the book you read is right. We didn't learn the grammar of our first language before we were able to use it. I believe no...

Verb = swim Swam = past simple tense. Refers to actions/events in past time. "She swam a kilometre yesterday." No connection with present time. Swum = past participle. Used to form the pefect tense with auxiliary verb "have" - have/has/had + past participle = perfect tense. Note the...

Mister Micawber wrote:Future Simple (I will sit)Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting)Future Perfect (I will have sat")Present Simple (I sit)Past Simple (I sat)Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting)Past Perfect (I had sat)Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive (I had been...

1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark. This is fine. It’s the first conditional: modal auxiliary verb + if + present simple 2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark. This would work as the second conditional if you replaced ‘must’ with ‘would’. In such a case, the...