1. There is no objection to the use of time words with the past perfect tense. The objection is when these words are used with the present perfect tense. You may, however, if you wish, replace "last week" with "the previous

If you are not sure, you may still be confused even with the best explanations. But here are a few rules and examples: 1) Does he have a car? In question form, even 3rd still takes the bare infinitve form (have) because of the modal word

I wish... happened now is not correct. You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the

Hello; the following text was taken from a grammar book, and i can't see the point the author wanted to convey. "Other uses of the progressive aspect It may be used especially following the auxiliary will or shall with the special

Hi Anon What sort of course are you doing? Are you familiar with the names of vebs tenses? (simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, etc.)

Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for

"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

Have you read the thread? Basically, it says: Use come for the present tense ( come, comes ). Use come after the auxiliary have ( has, have, had, having ). Use came for the simple past (no auxiliary). Is that clear enough? CJ

I have a bit of an assignment to do and I was hoping someone could help me out with the sentence "forms" My marker sentences are: a) I needn't have washed the car. b) I managed to move the fridge. c) When we arrived, they were

Hi everyone I am having some difficulty with my grammar and would really appreciate it if someone could check/correct my answers to the following questions; Identitfy the form in the following sentences: 1) The plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow. 2)