Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

Hi Clive, Thank you for your help. I'll remeber to use Simple Past. I apologize for the typos I made in #1. For #2. I copied it down from a newsletter. Regards, Tinanam

Hi all, Please consider the following: "After I graduated, I had not seen her for awhile. When we caught up, I asked her what she had been doing. Then she brought me here." I remember the past perfect tense "had not seen"

"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Can I change had into have in the sentence above? No. If you possibly can, you need to keep all the parts of the sentence in the same point of view with regard to

Hi, I'm struggling with present perfect vs. past again. He has watched too much XYZ lately. or He watched too much XYZ lately. I could see reasons for both, but I'm not sure. Nor do I know the difference. What about recently? I've

Hi, In your example, "has" and "have" are both in the same time frame, or "tense." The mail has been sent in the recent past. This tense is called "present perfect." "Perfect" means the action is

In sentences as the below one, what tense needs to be used; simple past or progresive perfect. After finding out what he had done , I decided to confront him and tell him how I really felt about his being neglectful. Should "he had done"

Hi Kenta, I'm sure most people would read it as you intended. Interesting situation. The question is, if your sickness kept you in the bathroom, did your recovery then enable you to leave? Or are you still sick? Not the cheerfullest of

Hi Tim, You don't seem to acknowledge the second option in which the past participle functions not as an element used in forming the verb tense to be used in the passive voice (transitive), but rather as an adjective , complementing the verb

Hi, So the thing is that I shouldn´t use FROM THEN ON because this means "from then on till now"? And it actually isn´t true now:-) No, it's the Present Perfect that makes the meaning 'until now'. 'From then on' just