1.What does 'He's wound up tighter than a drum' mean? It's a mixed metaphor/simile for tension, but it used to be quite popular. The coil springs which powered old fashioned toys were wound up with a key. We used to wind our

Hi I just wondered if someone would be so kind as to just check my answers make sure I have understood correctly. Many thanks in advance. I have to read the following sentences and decide if they use one of the following 4:- the

Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

i would like to know two things. the first one is : the past participle of the verb "go", is it "been"? ex: i have been to London. have you ever been to London? i think that "go" in this case has irregular form

Dear friend, as various different and mutually exclusive opinions have already been expressed (and of them surely reflects reality), I would like to comment on this issue by summarising the essence of the matter. 1. Your question concerns the fact

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Problem 1: img687.imageshack.us/img687/4138/testnx.jpg It's much easier for us to respond if you actually post the question here. Most of us don't want to go off and start searching other sites. It takes

Hi, I'm a Pole trying to explore the intricacies English This is my first post here so, welcome everybody. And here are my problems. I've done these tests and I even got the key, but there is no freaking way I can understand some answers.

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight. No, not faulty. That is an alternate solution. I

Can I use the past tense in that case? Yes. Strange, isn't it?! English has no grammatical machinery -- no separate tense -- to express time relationships within a true future point of view, so the will earlier in the sentence ( I' ll