But I am reading my boo k seems to carry far less future implication than emphasizing present activity? Maybe I will be reading my book before she arrives? That's exactly what I had on my mind, Anon! I don't always know what is on native

Can I use Present Continuous to express future in complex sentences? For example: I'm leaving after she arrives. I'm reading my book before she arrives.

You are correct with A... it's present perfect simple. "Needn't" is a modal. B is past simple with two verbs C is two clauses... first is past simple, second past continuous. D is "present continuous"

What's wrong with these sentences? 1. Adjective clauses "My friend who lives over there is sick" can be reduced to "My friend living over there is sick" But why can't I reduce this "I have a friend who

These sentences are from a test, where I was supposed to complete a text with the correct form in one of the following tesnes: present simple/ present continuous/ present perfect. No other tenses may be used. SJ: It certainly would help the

Congratulations -- you've done a great job! Here are just a few small suggestions to strengthen your English even more. Perhaps others have further ideas to share. I enjoyed reading your piece -- thanks! First paragraph 'she spitefully

When members of the Winnebago tribe sit around a fire and hear a chant of how the world was created or when early Japanese heared a chant about formation of Heaven and Hell - they are listening to a narrative. This pattern: When ... ..., . is a

These are both relative clauses which modify "doctors," which makes them adjectival, so to speak. The doctors working here are all under 30. (note that "under 30's is not idiomatic. However, we would say, "all in their

Does the blue-coloured part of the previous sentence mean s that I need to have some introductory clause which would express some habitual or regular action in the simple present in order to have the present continious tense used in this way in

Neither of your answers fit, but here is a correctly finished sentence with most of the phrases and words: . Despite his fondness for writing involved stories in which dying women are threatening evil villans, his appealing children's stories