<< like he was waiting for someone...>> << as if he was/ were waiting for someone... >> They're all fine, subjunctive or simple past. "Like" is colloquial, or casual, unless you're using it to make a

Lin1978 wrote: Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle

Milky wrote: You're welcome. Alternatives could be: What would you have said verbals are if you had been allowed to say only one sentence and this sentence was not to contain the words: participle, gerund, infinitive?" ( to be of obligation)

The city is polluted. ( simple present tense in passive form ) I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence ) I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund ) He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew. ( simple