The impressive implies future, here, and I think it is more appropriate and more common.

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

you can give him this explanation: present progressive is used for actions that happen at the moment of speaking, now or right now as well as for present plans for the future. While, the present simple is used to express habit.

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

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It's 10 am. He is in his office. He __a break now. To me, both (has and is having) sound OK. But can anyone explain this in more details? Thanks. Hi, I would use only "is having". Present simple is generally associated with repeated

Thanks for confirming what I got right, and what I got wrong, appreciated :). I'll try the answers so, but just to let you bear in mind, when it comes to tenses, I have to choose between the following options: Present Perfect Present Simple

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