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Hi Your sentence is in the present perfect. " Have you ever had ..." " the feeling " is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not...

when i teach the Present Continuous tense (elemenentary level) I usually ue these easy steps: 1. Introduce/ review the Verb BE, in it's different forms..AM, IS, ARE ( Present Tense) 2. Introduce/revi Personal Pronouns, I , HE, SHE, IT, WE, YOU, THEY. 3. Explain/expound the relationship of...

What do you want to learn about it? Its meaning : to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen You can use it with simple present or present continuous without change in meaning. After "look forward to" you can use a noun or a verb, depending on the meaning you...

Hi, I have been to China twice. - Past Participle. Used in several tenses, like the present perfect. Sometimes used as an adjective. Studying history is a good way to waste your time. - Gerund. A verb used as a noun. Call me later, I'm busy. I am burning a couple of grammar books. - Present...

Hi Ticce It would be better to omit the word 'all': " She is always smiling. " That is the present continuous tense of the verb 'smile'. In your original sentence, the word 'smiles' was used as a noun (and as GG mentioned, ' be all smiles ' is an idiom).

Kooyeen wrote: Hi Yoong, yeah, of course that's not a gerund, but does that present participle act as ad adjective or as a part of a present continuous ? I saw him entering the building. ---> I saw him. He was entering the building. (present continuous, ongoing action) I saw him sitting...

User_gary wrote: Philip wrote: User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense..and it really should be "I eat oranges every day.." OK, Thank you. ...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry...

I sometimes am confused as to how to answer that kind of questions as above. Help Q: Is he doing his homework? A: Yes, he is doing his homework. fine Q: Is the pen working ? A: Yes, it works. fine It's also correct to say "Yes, it's working" or "Yes, it is working." I know the...

I sometimes am confused as to how to answer that kind of questions as above. Help Q: Is he doing his homework? A: Yes, he is doing his homework. Q: Is the pen working ? A: Yes, it works. I know the verb forms in the 1st and 2nd sentences are not exactly congruous in terms of its...