In Present simple^x, Definite articles^x, Tenses^x

Hi all!I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little stronger. His mother tongue is French but he's...

Hi Active sentence: Somebody stole my bicycle. Passive sentence: My bicycle has been stolen. Is the passive sentence OK, in your opinion? I would write: My bicycle was (simple past) stolen. As far as I know if the active sentence is written in simple past than the passive one should also be...

<<Do we have to use the definite article "the" for each tense or not? >> To be very strict about it, yes, but we frequently write telegraphically and leave out the the, especially on this site, where we use the names of the tenses so often. <<1.In the use of the Present...

There are twelve tenses in English grammar. Do we have to use the definite article "the"for each tense or not? Can you give me some explanations,please?In the below examples, Do we have to use "the" or not?1.In the use of the Present Simple.2.The Present Perfect Tense or Present Perfect...

Hi,could you please answer the questions below? They're all related to giving directions.1. Someone is asking for directions to the bank. What can you say instead of the highlighted part below to sound most natural?Take the first right. Take the first right. The bank is the first building on...

Yeah, that was a bit more helpful. Thanks again, Goodman. I understood my simple mistakes (was->were, vigors->vigor,...) after your first post. Now I have understood a few more ones. Here are the problems that I still haven't resolved: Sorry for maybe stupid questions, but even a...