By Simple present, Modals

Let us recast the sentence in direct speech, that is, you are speaking to Mark, "When you arrive (simple present tense is most suitable here - I wonder you can use any other tense), we shall/will go out for dinner."When you turn that into an indirect speech, the sentence will become,...

Hi Even highly succesful businesses will have experieced growing pains in the early days. A general truth is expressed with the aid of simple present, AFAIK. My question is why the present perfect? 'will' serves as a modal expressing truths and facts, right? thanks

Which classical songs can you recommend me to teach Simple Present Tense, modals, etc in A1-A2 levels? Can I get their lyrics?

CalifJim wrote:I verified the Google results on I wish I had have and I wish I have had, and I must say that I was astonished. In standard English have had is impossible because no simple present or present perfect form ever occurs (correctly) after wish, not even the present tense forms...

I verified the Google results on I wish I had have and I wish I have had, and I must say that I was astonished. In standard English the only possibilities after I wish (that) (with subject pronoun or noun) are would (with the bare infinitive), could (with the bare infinitive), had (with the...

They are very similar, and there are no grammatical rules. It's simply a matter of style. The simple present is more aloof, more a statement about a scheduled event. The present continuous is a bit warmer and spontaneous sounding. Teacher to students: Tomorrow we study the modal...

They are very similar, and there are no grammatical rules. It's simply a matter of style. The simple present is more aloof, more a statement about a scheduled event. The present continuous is a bit warmer and spontaneous sounding. Teacher to students: Tomorrow we study the modal...

If the time adverbial clause referes to somthing that will happen or exists in the future, you use the simple present tense, not a future tense. You have stated a very important rule here: Look before you leap. (not before you will leap) He is going to the bank before he has dinner....

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you may...

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What