It can be put in present perfect and past perfect using "if" like this: If the train have already left , we shall/will take the next train. (formal present perfect subjunctive) If the train had already left , we should/would

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

People in 'prescriptive' houses shouldn't throw 'prescriptive' stones, Mr Micawber. For some unknown reason, you fancy yourself a greater authority on English than Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum and other prominent scholars,

sentence number one "who broke the window" contains a primary form of a verb, the preterite "broke". The second sentence contains a secondary form, the past participle "broken", plus the auxiliary "have".

Write the sentences in your exerice book.Fill in the gaps Use the simple past or the present perfect. Uncle George___(to be) to London , but he___(never to visit) Notthing Hill Carnival

What do you mean by 'creally'? I made a mistake. Your example sentences are easy to understand! ( my sentence is natural?) thanks. I still have a questions. Please help me. I have never written a letter in english.

* I work from 6.00am until 1.00pm every day. - Present simple, a routine (P) * Snow melts when the temperature rises. - Present simple (I), 'a scientific or general truth.' * She has been married for one year. - Present perfect (J) * At 10.30 I

Well, your sentences are not very good examples, but when someone uses 'Got...' (' Got any gold?' 'Got a match? ) in spoken English, it is a casual contraction of ' Have you got ', which is present perfect in tense and aspect.

It's certainly possible that you could use present perfect for a completed action in this case (Sorry I didn't get back to you. I've been sick the last few days, but I'm better now.) That would be the "past event but connected

Hello, Sivakumar-- and welcome to English Forums. Use the present perfect when the action relates to now in some way, and the simple past when the action is finished and done with. When you say 'I have sent the letter today', it stresses the