In Present tenses^x, Modals^x, Simple present^x

Let us recast the sentence in direct speech, that is, you are speaking to Mark, "When you arrive (simple present tense is most suitable here - I wonder you can use any other tense), we shall/will go out for dinner."When you turn that into an indirect speech, the sentence will become,...

Which classical songs can you recommend me to teach Simple Present Tense, modals, etc in A1-A2 levels? Can I get their lyrics?

CalifJim wrote:I verified the Google results on I wish I had have and I wish I have had, and I must say that I was astonished. In standard English have had is impossible because no simple present or present perfect form ever occurs (correctly) after wish, not even the present tense forms...

I verified the Google results on I wish I had have and I wish I have had, and I must say that I was astonished. In standard English the only possibilities after I wish (that) (with subject pronoun or noun) are would (with the bare infinitive), could (with the bare infinitive), had (with the...

If the time adverbial clause referes to somthing that will happen or exists in the future, you use the simple present tense, not a future tense. You have stated a very important rule here: Look before you leap. (not before you will leap) He is going to the bank before he has dinner....

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you may...

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What

Pemmican wrote:As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present...

Hi milky. (Have you given up our discussion on modal auxiliaries?) Tense is used for more than just time I think it's a good point. Quine once said: Our ordinary language shows a tiresome bias in its treatment of time. Relations of date are exalted grammatically (..). This bias is of...

Hi, Andrei "He looks up the word in the dictionary" is a grammatically correct sentence in the simple present tense. "He look up..." is incorrect because there is no tense or modality implied in the verb. You are using the 'base' form of the verb, the infinitive. In other words, the verb is...