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Hi,First thing first, let's give the verb forms their correct names. was purchased >> past simple, passive had struggled >> past perfect is purchased >> present simple, passiveThe time sequence in your example sentence is something like this: 1. in the...

Google:71,300 English pages for "the present simple". 42,700 English pages for "the simple present".

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...

Ok, so I understand that the present simple doesn't sound good. As for the "for" I assume that "are you learning any other languages except for English" would also be fine? Thank you

HelloI am English teacher in Brazil ,the difference is in the grammar..as follows :Have got = present perfect- which is have+ past participle , this relates something that started in the past with the presenthave = present simple it indicated present meaning only and normally shows ...

I’d like to know if we can mix the present perfect and the simple past and if it’s natural. I noticed that the present simple it’s often used for sentences with already. I already finished it! But not for it negative opposite I haven’t finished it yet! I think for questions both are...

Hi In my examples I'm trying to say that even if some people paid the contributions for a shorter period of time (in the past), then today it will not result in decreased pension benefits, so I think that the present simple in this case is OK, even though the earlier verbs were in the...

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...

Newguest wrote: Goodman wrote: Newguest wrote: Hi I have a few questions. 1. We were having a chat while we were waiting. IT IS BETTER TO WRITE "We had a chat while we were waiting" Are both sentences OK, or not? 2. Is it possible to say: The instructions to this exercise are saying that...