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Hi, Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I _____am reading_______ (read) a very interesting book now. 4. Who _____were_______ you _____speaking_______ (speak) to just now? 10. What ___does_________ Mary ______do______ (do) ?...

Hi,You wrote: I learn from a grammar book that a small set of verbs of communication such as "tell", "say" and "hear" can be used in simple present tense even though the act of telling, saying or hearing happened in the past. for example, "Bill tells me you are...

However, if you want to show some doubt about whether it is really fine, you may use would as a present tense and say (in your original conversation):-- That would be fine -- as long as it doesn't stop working while I'm driving at night.But not:... as long as it wouldn't stop working...

will or won't in the original conversation: -- Your car battery is getting very weak.-- That won't (=will not) be a problem as long as it doesn't stop working while I'm driving at night.________would or wouldn't when talking about that conversation later: My friend told me...

Not really.The second sentence indicates a time in the future, perhaps very soon.The first sentence is a bit odd, because the use of the simple present tense already implies "as usual". This could be used, of course, in casual conversation.English is notorious for interchanging tenses,...

Hi Anon I'm glad that someone finally decided to try to do this test. I assume that in this test you are supposed to decide whether to use the present continuous or the simple present tense . (A few of the sentences will also work with a tense other than a present tense). The words in...

Yileililly wrote: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I __read__________ (read) a very interesting book now. 2. Joanne _works___________ (work) eight hours a day. 3. Tonight we ___see_________ (see) a play at the...

Hi Jhaeden, First of all, the first sentence is in the past tense where the second one is in the simple present tense. I think the difference between them lies in their use .. for example, consider the following conversation: A1: I think we should bring some actor to surprise him in his...

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I ____________ (read) a very interesting book now. 2. Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day. 3. Tonight we ____________ (see) a play at the thereatre. 4. ...

hi there, I have a question about the following dialogues. Why did Todd use 'was wondering' instead of present tense because he used simple present 'do' in the rest of his conversation? ............... Todd: Oh, really. What room number are you? Phil: I'm 443. Todd: Ah, OK. Actually, I'm...