By Simple present, Conversations

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...

Not really.The second sentence indicates a time in the future, perhaps very soon.The first sentence is a bit odd, because the use of the simple present tense already implies "as usual". This could be used, of course, in casual conversation.English is notorious for interchanging tenses,...

Hi Anon I'm glad that someone finally decided to try to do this test. I assume that in this test you are supposed to decide whether to use the present continuous or the simple present tense . (A few of the sentences will also work with a tense other than a present tense). The words in...

Yileililly wrote: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I __read__________ (read) a very interesting book now. 2. Joanne _works___________ (work) eight hours a day. 3. Tonight we ___see_________ (see) a play at the...

Hi there, Please take a look at this conversation quoted from Seinfeld (A Comdy TV Series): Cosmo Kramer: The bus is outta control. So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I'm driving the bus. Jerry: Wow. George Costanza: You're Batman. Cosmo...

Hi Jhaeden, First of all, the first sentence is in the past tense where the second one is in the simple present tense. I think the difference between them lies in their use .. for example, consider the following conversation: A1: I think we should bring some actor to surprise him in his...

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given: 1. I ____________ (read) a very interesting book now. 2. Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day. 3. Tonight we ____________ (see) a play at the thereatre. 4. ...

hi there, I have a question about the following dialogues. Why did Todd use 'was wondering' instead of present tense because he used simple present 'do' in the rest of his conversation? ............... Todd: Oh, really. What room number are you? Phil: I'm 443. Todd: Ah, OK. Actually, I'm...

Hi Dax, I just want to clarify something about present progressive. If we are engaged in a conversation and you and I are having a cup of tea, then "are having" refers to now. If I ask you " what are you doing this weekend?", I am asking you "do you have any plan this weekend" or "what will you...

Waïti wrote:I would say that the question the salesman asks goes to knowing whether it is a HABIT that Joey has to just nod his head while his friends are having a conversation. So he implies something like 'do you USUALLY do such a thing ?' when he asks his question. Hence the simple...