Hello. I have read in an english grammar that: "We use will for instant decisions about the immediate future: What are you doing after the lesson? " and that "The present progressive is most used for arrangements in the near future,

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There is a class of verbs in English known as "stative" verbs because they relate to a state of being rather than an action (as in a dynamic verb); believe, hate, love for example are stative verbs. These are never used in the continuous

In English, with a verb like "love," one usually does not use the progressive; however, sometimes it is fine in converstion. E.g., "At first, I did not like the taste of this food, but I'm loving it more every day." In

1. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise - SIMPLE PAST - PRESENT 2. When you have finished , you can go home - PRESENT SIMPLE present perfect (have) - FUTURE 3. 'Major calls for peace summit' (headline) - PRESENT

I have to say if the following are PAST, PRESENT or FUTURE and also if they are PRESENT PERFECT, PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE or PAST SIMPLE can someone please help THANKS 1. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise - SIMPLE

Hi Diana! My brother married a lady from Ukraine, so I really know that Ukraine is NOT Russia. They have a different language, too. To answer your question, yes, our English language changes. New words come in and get popular, and old words fall

Hi jander, and welcome to English Forums. Do you understand the progressing, the "-ing" form used for things happening right now? (It's also used for the future.) In the sentence "he is being recommended for the

In the sentence "he is being recommended for the award " the answer is present progressive passive of recomend. Why do we state passive and progressive, what is the reasoning for that? Your example sentence isn’t grammatically wrong,

In English, certain verbs do not take present progressive to well in some contexts. These sentences sound quite unnatural to me. Perhaps: glistens is the word you may want to use. But based on your texts, I revsied them to make them more