does anyone know anything about passive voice? i just have a quick question if anyone knows it... I can’t figure out how to switch active voice to passive, without changing the tense. For example, present simple tense, “paints” is active,

Wowenglish, The difference is only tense-wise: Past Continuous versus Past Simple. Since having one job of another is more of a state than an action, I'd recommend using the Past Simple tense (shared a job). Anton

Hi No, I'm afraid it's not correct. The problem is your use of the verb 'go'. You tried to use the negative form of the simple past tense and wrongly assumed it was 'did not went'. This is a tricky aspect of

Our client denies performing any defamatory actions as he was just expressing his opinion based on his previous experience with your company. Is " was just (only?) expressing " a proper phrase about a situation which took place a few

Could you explain when exactly we can reduce relative clause if there is no be verb? I know I can say: English has an alphabet that consists or consisting of 26 letters. You are mixing a gerund phrase in with a subordinate noun clause.

1 Alex sleeps while he sings. 2 Alex sings while he sleeps 3 Alex sleeps while he is singing. 4 Alex sings while he's sleeping. If Alex and "he" are the same person, all the sentences are very odd because no one can sleep and sing

The verb must agree with its subject (season). The word "season" is third person singular. The present simple tense adds S to end of the verb in the third person singular. Thus, this is correct: - I'm going to practice tennis before

Could anyoune please explain to me the use of the tenses in the following sentence: "The dull headache I'd had since I killed him had gone." (Winterson 1987, The Passion, 137) My question is why after the word "since" the

First of all, the first example is probably a "typo" or misspelling. We all make them (note "thier agenda" above). The others are examples of the simple present used to express general truths. They are showing this aspect :

I've got a letter in which I have to put present perfect or past simple tense: I'm writing to tell you all the lastest family news. Aunt Daisy (1) had a baby girl a week ago. Uncle Nick is very pleased. They (2) ........ (name) the baby