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Hi,Once again a question concerning past and present perfect tense. I didn't agree with my friends when we wrote a sentence about a web application.Shoult it beThe web pages were translated into 5 different languages.orThe web pages have been translated into 5 different languages.I don't...

Hi AnonI don't feel comfortable with that either. The present perfect typically refers to a past activity that happened at an indefinite time in the past, or at some unspecified time between a point in the past and now. Generally speaking, you'll mainly find a specific past time in a...

Hi, So if I were to say "She has never watched TV". Does it mean that she hasn't watched TV until now? Meaning, up until now she has watched TV? Yes, correct.Even if I were to say "She never watched TV", isn't it also true that she has not watched TV up till now? We...

Hello everybody,I had to write some business correspondence recently and I got stuck at the early beginning in the mesh of time clauses and verb tenses. Here's the sentence I would like you to check in various verb tense - options and to give some brief comment if possible. I start with what...

. Animals are loved by everybody.The trees are blown down by the strong windAre the plants watered every day by the gardener?Is her husband always helped by her?Are all their books brought by boys? PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE The dinner is being cooked by MeeraThe town is being defended bravely by...

Teacher, pls check whether my answers are correct, if wrong, please correct . This is about changing the sentenses from active to passive voice. PRESENT TENSE Everybody loves animalsAnimals is loved by all The teacher corrects our exercisesOur exercises are corrected by the teacher The strong...

Hi,I am used to seeing a present perfect tense being used after the phrase 'since + time word' but this?I know you have been telling others that since last year (or since two years ago - good too?) you were ready to play the game against us. Can we use this format/pattern (i.e., a past...

The verb forms of "see" aresee (infinitive)saw (past)seeing (present participle)seen (past participle) Present tenseI see, you see, he sees, we see, you see, they seePast tense:I saw, you saw, he saw, we saw, they sawExample:I saw my friends yesterday at school. Future tense:I will...

Hi there. Welcome to EF.The differense between them happens to be interchangeable in some informal way or in narratives. We use Past Simple along with Present Perfect when we're talking about events happened in the past, but Present Perfect points that event may occur in the present again.He...

Hello, everyone: I don't understand the following paragraph, cited from a grammar book, could you help me please?"there is an idiomatic exception to the rule that the simple past tense indicates definite meaning: this is the construction with "always" illustrated by "I...