By Verbs, Past perfect

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

Complete any of the phrases above by adding any of these: frightened of snakes, interested in science, focused on his studies, tired of reading, fascinated by insects, bored with grammar.None of the resulting sentences has a passive construction.CJ

Re: Please suggest!

Just to summarize:had arrested = past perfect form of the verb 'arrest' had to = simple past form of 'have to' Although it is more common to say 'the police', the word 'police' is also sometime used without the definite article ('the') -- especially in...

Re: Past Perfect Songs

.It is not a common verb tense and aspect. It is seldom used, and I strongly advise you not to waste time teaching it, but to go on to something more valuable, like additional vocabulary.

Re: past perfect continuous vs simple past

<<>>> had been finishing some work in the garden when Sue arrived, so I didn't hear her come in.I would never use past perfect progressive with the verb "finish" in a sentence. You may say " I was trying to finish up...when ...", I was about to finish my...

Re: Past perfect passive

The verb form is correct. Some might word it, "had been given women's names" -- your structure could imply a specific woman in mind for each hurricane.(The old joke was that this is the reason the word isn't "himmicanes" .)

Re: Please check this paragraph for me

This is a good paragraph and the tenses of your verbs are consistent. The only sentence that has a problem is, "We had worked together...and have always had good relationships...even after I have left... That first verb, had worked, is past perfect tense. The rest of the paragraph is...

Re: Reported Speech

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...

Re: being carried out

.Hi, Sam.I had seen a lot of victims being carried out by stretchers1)Is this grammatically correct? -- Yes, but the past perfect is odd out of context; it demands another reference point in the past.2) But what is the second one? (being carried out by stretchers) -- It is a non-finite clause...

Re: subjunctive and 2nd conditional

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form (were in all persons and numbers) in this position.Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

Re: Direct Narration and Indirect Narration

BECAUSE IT IS RULE AND WE FOLLOW THE RULE.THE RULE IS THAT WHEN REPORTED VERB IS IN PRESENT PERFECT FORM THEN IT WILL CHANGE INTO PAST PERFECT FORM.OK.FROM SHUJAH UD DIN