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Hi, Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Continuous I was studying EnglishPast Perfect: I had studied English Past Perfect...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...

You have to use 'saw' and 'didn't see' because there are two people involved -- 'I' and 'you'. Think of 'would rather' as 'wish'. I wish you only saw me when I'm well. I believe that's the reason for using the simple past when...

Hi Ant222, My English skill is not in the “grammarian” class but I will give it my best attempt to explain it. It may not may not be agreeable with the experts. In many instances during casual conversations, we can bet by with simple past tense and no one will flag you for errors. However, to...

John becomes ill. --> simple present tense. Perhaps John gets sick every time he rides a roller coaster, for example. John became ill. --> simple past tense. Perhaps John got sick last Monday, for example.

Hi Marvin, Although you may intend to describe a general situation, your example seems quite special. You may have watched "Shane" in the simple past, but in terms of context it will continue in the simple present to be the last movie you watched, until you watch another. - A.

Hi, I suggest that you begin by explaining or reviewing how to make the Simple Past and Simple Present tenses, looking first at statements and then at questions. If your student does not have a clear grasp of that, you will just get a constant stream of errors. Then you can deal with the other...

Hi AvangiTo me, the word 'if' is used like 'whenever' in your sentence, and the word 'will' is used to indicate a habitual or repeated action (i.e. in that sentence, you are saying it is not your habit to wonder about things such as closed doors while you are on vacation)....

Hi MapleThere is nothing about the word 'for' that should suggest that you need to use the 'past perfect'. If that's a "rule" you've learned somewhere along the line, I strongly suggest you try to "unlearn" it fast. The word 'for' can be used...

Hi Active sentence: Somebody stole my bicycle. Passive sentence: My bicycle has been stolen. Is the passive sentence OK, in your opinion? I would write: My bicycle was (simple past) stolen. As far as I know if the active sentence is written in simple past than the passive one should also be...