Here's how it should be: Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he were alive . Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he had not died earlier this year . There are a

-- PROGRESSIVE FORM OF TENSES -- Present Progressive Form of tenses Past Progressive Form of tenses Future Progressive Form of tenses -- PERFECT TENSES -- Present Perfect Tenses Past Perfect Tenses Future Perfect Tenses

Hi, She's hoping = She is hoping >> present progressive (aka present continuous) I think >> simple present (NOT progressive) I/he/she was wondering >> past progressive (aka past continuous) I expect >> simple present

Hi, I was told that a present or past progressive tense like "is sleeping" or "was sleeping" denotes a temporary action or activity and the present perfect or past perfect progressive is used to indicate duration. I don't

Hi everybody, Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect,

Hi everybody, I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle: Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and

Here are some Present - Past pairs: Simple present - Simple past Present progressive - Past progressive Present perfect - Past perfect Present perfect progressive - Past perfect progressive (Simple) Future (of the Present) (will) - ( Simple)

Huygen, By reading your post, something tells me that your English level should be beyond the question you just asked, and able to categorize the tenses already. There are 3 basic tenses: Simple past – present – future There are past

Teleostomi wrote: "There was no cockroach to have made her ill." At first I thought "to have made her ill" allows for only the interpretation of "past participle" but could it also be taken as "present participle"? I'll probably

I'm starting to comprehend at long last, Mr. P. The present progressive indicates an action that started in the past but has an effect on the future. Like: I've left home. I did it in the past, but I still experience the effects from that action