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Thanks for confirming what I got right, and what I got wrong, appreciated :).I'll try the answers so, but just to let you bear in mind, when it comes to tenses, I have to choose between the following options:Present PerfectPresent SimplePresent ProgressivePast SimpleAnd...obviously Past,...

Hi everybody,Why do all the Grammar books use the expressions "simple present" and "simple past", although all the other tenses start with the tense-marker and add the aspect-marker then: present progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past progressive, past...

Hi everybody,I'm a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I'm still wondering about the following puzzle:Why do all the Grammar books stick to the "confusing" expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical...

Hello,I need help with checking whether these verb tenses are present perfect, present simple, present progressive, past simple.I put my answers in (brackets)2. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise. (present simple) 3. When you have finished, you can go home. (present...

Grammar Geek wrote: Use the present progressive if you want to talk about something that happened while you were chatting. We were having a chat as we waited/while we were waiting, and it occurred to us that... or We were having a chat, and we realized that... Hi So, I understand...

Hi, I'll have exam next week. I am needing to exercise "Rewrite the sentence " with tenses: present progressive,present simple,past simple , past progressive. can someone give me exercise? BTW-some one of here have MSN or something else to talk with microphone ? - " All the people said when...

Tanglish wrote: Hi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses???? Thanks!!!!

Look through the following sentences and select the TENSE and the time reference used. first options are: past simple, present perfect, present progressive, present simple secon options are: past, present, future 2. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise. Past Simple - Past ? 3....

Could you guys tell me were my mistakes are in this, I think I got it. Thanks for all the help PRESENT CONDITIONAL (sometimes called the ZERO CONDITIONAL) IF + PRESENT / PRESENT E.g. If you mix yellow and blue, you get green. 1st CONDITIONAL IF + PRESENT / FUTURE E.g. If...

Please help me, could u tell me what these are, I wrote that I think they might be, but im not sure Look through the following sentences and decide which are in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, which are in the PAST SIMPLE tense and which are referring to future time. E.g. 1. We visited Spain last...