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

In the example that "CJ" gave, what is(what are) the grammar reason(reasons) that "Having" is used as a noun - ie, how can one discern that it is used as a noun in this sentence as opposed to a participle? Hi Philip: The verb

Here are a few examples: Present perfect: 1) I have seen all the movies in the Star Wars series. 2) He has been to New York two times. Past Perfect 1) I had been to Rome several times before I travelled to London. 2) She had lived many years in

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 Norwolf, Idiomatically and logically, when we presumed about something , subliminally, we have started to believe that something will happen in the way we expected. i.e. When my wife's parents showed up last week, I was completely

First sample: 1. I am working on it. (present progressive tense) It implies that the activity which is the work is in progress. 2. I have been working on it. (present perfect progressive tense) It implies that the work began in the past, has

I think facebook has increased the 'popularity' of forcing a present progressive verb into a sentence that then scans poorly. This is because for at least a year the status box pre-filled "NAME IS:" so if people wanted to express

"lee" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is learning English. She told me that I can't use ... fine to me. If someone could settle this bet, I'd be most grateful. Plus, what is a

be Interesting. I hope someone will explain why Karl couldn't say, and I couldn't say, "We send you a postcard." Strictly speaking, he could have. "Next week, we send you a postcard and you send us one, OK?" Yet another