In Predicates^x, Past perfect^x

'a long time' is a 'subject complement' or 'predicate nominative'.CJ

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...

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 sitting)Any I've missed? -- See...

They had been told what to do. - 3rd person plural, passive, indicative, past perfect (pluperfect is not usually used for English)Let them eat cake - 2rd person singular or plural, active, imperative, presentThe bus stop was situated outside the airport - 3rd person singular, passive (or...

Jack112 wrote: Sorry for my lack of understanding. Could you give me a few more examples as to how to distinguish between them? 1. I have never had more girlfriends than I have now. (Correct) 2. I have never had more girlfriends than I do now. (Is this one correct as well? How do I...

Hello, Jack and Johnno "I have never seen him drive the car before." Johnoo said the tense used in this sentence is the present perfect of "see" (have seen), which is true. That is the main verb of the sentence. Now, "drive" has a different subject (him); as Johnno said, it is an infinitive...

It looks to me like the predicate doesn't agree. I guess you are right though. But first you are talking in the past perfect continuous, then you switch to present. I know it sounds right, but is it?