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To be honest, it doesn't strike me as wrong, but I think the test-makers prefer you to use the present perfect (have begun) with a since clause as a matter of style.The same is true of the other parts of that sentence. They want you to decide on the basis of style, not grammar, so it's...

Welcome to English Forums!The grammar for the verb have is not different from that of any other verb, like take, for example. Don't confuse auxiliary have with main verb have. Auxiliary have is applied to all verbs to create the perfect tenses.Present perfect: He, she, it has had ...

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...

In BrE that is just the standard way to express a negative in the past. If it were a negative in the present we would use present perfect: I haven't been to see that film, but because what we are talking about is in the past we switch to past perfect. Maybe AmE is different.

Hi,When I use "have" do I put "ed" on "kill?" Yes, use 'ed' with a regular verb. What you are talking about is how to form the Present Perfect tense.When I look at your sentences below, I can see that you need to review the Present Perfect (and the Past...

Hi folks!I have a terrible problem to understand how to use the following verbs in English:Past Perfect, Present Perfect, Past Continous, Present Perfect Continous...The problem is the grammar rule for talk about- an action that is running and another action stop it;- an action before another...

Hi, there! Here are my doubts. Could you help me, please? - He (write) a composition since lunch time. In this kind of sentence I could use e.g. the * Present Perfect Progressive: - He has been writting a composition since lunch time. In this case since is a starting point and the verb tense...

In an excellent advanced grammar book, Exploring Grammar in Context by Carter & Hughes & McCarthy, this exercise was given on the present perfect.(page 7, exercise 4, item c)Choose between the present perfect and past simple tneses for the verbs in brackets. If you think both are equally...

.1) we form the Present Perfect tense with "has/have"+ the past participle. It is used to show:a) actions that have been completed recently.-- Yes, that is one use 2) we form the Past Perfect Tense with "had" + the past participle. It is used to showa) an action that...