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Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

«Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.» As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening at the moment of speech (the present). But being a...

There are 16 tenses in english. I'll list them ... 1. Present Simple - I play2. Present Continuous - I am playing3. Present Perfect - I have played4. Present Perfect Continuous - I have been playing5. Past Simple - I played6. Past Continuous - I was playing7. Past Perfect - I had played8. Past...

Clive wrote: Hi, Not really. It's just idiomatic. Interestingly, I always see Present Continuous/Progressive, never Continuous/Progressive Present. Best wishes, Clive Yes, the difference happen only in Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple the others tenses are the same. Present...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry If...

Ok guys, let's pull together and make a compilation of great english grammar songs. Present Simple - Help, Wonderful tonight. Present continuous - Sailing. Past Simple - Yesterday, Yellow Submarine, Present Perfect - I still haven't found what i'm looking for, Lady in Red, We are the...

The passive also has tenses: is/are blamed = simple present is/are being built = present continuous was/were blamed = past simple was/were being built = past continuous will be made = future has been made = present perfect and so on.

No, it's not past simple. I think it is present continuous. It is not a construct which you are are likely to use. To have being means to exist. "Being" is a noun in this example, and not part of the verb "to be" From Webster Main Entry: 1be·ing Pronunciation: 'bE(-i) Function: noun 1 a :...

I've just had a Celta pre-course interview, after which I was offered a place. The interviewer went through the language awareness task that I'd submitted and asked me how I would respond to a couple of questions that an efl student (beginner) might ask. One question I recall was, 'What is a...

1. Jane and May are in class right now Names of people always have a capital letter There is more than one person in class - Jane and May, therefore it is plural. 2 Why do you live in this cold place? A question always ends with a question mark and has the verb to do in it (...