Hi, It begins present simple tense ( begin -began-begun) It is beginning present progressive tense ( begin -began-begun) It began past simple tense ( begin - began -begun) It has/had begun present/past perfect

Great observation! You are absolutely correct in your thought about the tenses matching. He controls (present simple) Andrew's Gold Imports and has been running (present perfect continuous) the business for almost ten years. He

I refused to go, until I saw all the pictures. 1) When choosing the tense and aspect of the main clause, I do not consider the subordinate clause to make my decision, do I? That is, when I make the decision, I consider only the

MM, I think you may have it wrong. 'before' is a tense marker, but the past perfect in the original sentences is not used to mark tense sequence, but rather to show completion. Or perhaps I have misunderstood your answers...

I live in Australasia, so it was past midnight when I sent the last post. My mind is so blurred that late. Yeah, I understood that but I just wanted to know where you are given that your time zone is completely different to mine. I live in

It's too late for me to try and differentiate between the meaning of these two Where do you live? He refused to go till he had seen all the pictures and He had refused to go till he saw all the pictures. I

Why did you choose 'was' for the second verb? I agree with MichalS's version, but my explanation would different: "to end" is an active verb, while "to be over" is passive — that's why the first is used in the

Why did you choose 'was' for the second verb? The time sequence in this sentence is blurred by the unusual usage of the Past Perfect anyway and I felt there was no need to cloud it even more with another (this time usual) Past Perfect

OK. So here's the summary of your latest answers with my corrections. I only see two wrong ones. Not bad. 1. Mark went for a job interview last week. PAST SIMPLE 2. I work from 6.00am until 1.00pm every day. PRESENT SIMPLE 3. Mark will

1. Mark went for a job interview last week. PAST PERFECT 2. I work from 6.00am until 1.00pm every day. PRESENT CONTINUOUS 3. Mark will be 48 next May. FUTURE PERFECT 4. Snow melts when the temperature rises . PRESENT SIMPLE 5. No,