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Re: The Continuous tense

"Have you ever had the feeling that you're being followed?"Hi againmy comment about the passive referred to "are being followed": you are following > present continuous, active you are being followed > present continuous, passiveDoes this help?

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Tanit 59 days ago Verbs Tenses Present perfect Clauses Direct objects Present continuous
Re: The Continuous tense

HiYour sentence is in the present perfect. "Have you ever had ...""the feeling" is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not saying they...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Tanit 59 days ago Nouns Articles Verbs Past perfect Auxiliaries Present perfect Synonyms Clauses Gerunds Present continuous
chossing correct tense/tense consistency

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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MaxMaximus 89 days ago Verbs Tenses Adverbs Negatives Present continuous Past perfect Present perfect Past tenses Past simple Present simple Paragraphs
conditional

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can make money, use money to help people. 3. If you can...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 174 days ago Verbs Clauses Present continuous Modals Present perfect Conditionals Modal verbs Mixed conditionals
Re: Reported Speech

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by miriam 232 days ago Verbs Dates Constructions Tenses Present continuous Past perfect Expressions Present perfect Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Re: INDIFFERENT

Hi,Either 'bad' or 'badly' is okay because 'bad' is also an adverb albeit informal. "I need that money bad" is an example found in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English; however, the dictionary also quickly notes, "a word used to mean 'badly' which many people think is incorrect." For an...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Hoa Thai 318 days ago Verbs Tenses Adverbs Present continuous Present perfect
Re: ING

Hi,I have been to China twice. - Past Participle. Used in several tenses, like the present perfect. Sometimes used as an adjective.Studying history is a good way to waste your time. - Gerund. A verb used as a noun.Call me later, I'm busy. I am burning a couple of grammar books. - Present...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 14 days ago Present progressive Grammar Verbs Tenses Nouns Present continuous Gerunds Present perfect
Re: Tesnses

«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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ant_222 1 yr 29 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Stative verbs Present continuous Past perfect Universities Present perfect Past simple

Re: Future continuous tense into passive voice?

Found this great article at the BBC Learning English site: ------------ Generally, we avoid using the continuous form of the passive with the future, present perfect, past perfectfuture perfect and , although present continuous ...

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Marius Hancu 1 yr 241 days ago

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Re: Present Perfect + last week ...

Magda wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Ant_222 wrote:«When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.» Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that? What about "I am flying to Paris tomorrow?" or "I knew I had returned home at six."? I was...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 1 yr 297 days ago Verbs Difference between Tenses Present continuous Simple past Present perfect Past tenses

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