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1 Well had is the past tense of the verb have but I think you re asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs I played simple past tense I have played present perfect tense I had played past perfect or pluperfect tense So even though have on its...

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 German friend I m not a...

It was thought by many to have been written by Michael In the above sentence It is used as a subject was is an auxiliary verb showing simple past tense and thought is a past participle serving the function of the main verb with reference to some past action to have been as CB says is a perfect...

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 this verb are the same...

Anonymous wrote WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT DID YOU FLY IN OR DID YOU FLEW IN When you use an auxiliary verb in the simple past tense that is in negatives and questions you better use bare infinitive

Hi Could you help me to distinguish what is the difference between these these two confused sentences Before you do please explain clearly Thank you 1 I did play 2 I played Both are OK although you would usually say 2 instead of 1 Various tenses involve both main and auxiliary verbs This is the...

I ve come back for good I ve means I have After auxiliary have use the past participle no matter what the verb The past participle of come is come __ I came back for good Auxiliary have is not used here came is the simple past tense of come CJ

Hi if I m not mistaken seen and done are past participles have seen and have done are verbs in the present perfect tense and in those verbs have is an auxiliary verb Also saw and ate are verbs in the simple past tense When you learn a new verb you need three forms of that verb infinitive past...

MrPedantic In Swedish the auxiliary should be there when writing the past perfect Jag har ätit lunch I have eaten taken my lunch Jag hade ätit lunch när I had eaten taken my lunch when The English word when translates to the Swedish as när The English word have equals to har in Swedish The...

Old Eladio wrote CJ Past I had to go had is the main verb In short only the present and past tenses require the addition of do or does present or did past before inverting Now if I write I had made a serious mistake or I had to do it are the corresponding questions Had you made a serious mistake...