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Hace 5 días · Understanding the differences between the past perfect and present perfect tenses is crucial for clear and effective communication in English. This article explains how to use these tenses correctly, with examples and scenarios for both.
Hace 5 días · Learn about the different past tense forms (past simple, past continuous and past perfect) and do the exercises to practise using them.
Hace 1 día · The most common way to form the passive is subject + be + past participle. The new smoke alarm was installed yesterday. The 'doer' of the action is called the agent. Most of the time, the agent is not mentioned, but if important, the agent can be mentioned using the preposition by.
Hace 3 días · Wish + Past Perfect. This wish grammar structure expresses regret. This means we want to be able to change a situation in the past. Wish sentences: They wish they hadn’t lost the photo. It was a really good one. (They lost the photo.) I wish I hadn’t done it. (I did it.) He wishes he had studied more for their exam.
Hace 4 días · Irregular verbs are those that do not follow the typical pattern for regular verbs in English. Regular verbs form their simple past and past participle by adding “-ed” or sometimes just “-d” to their base form. In contrast, irregular verbs have unique tense forms and past participles.
Hace 4 días · When we use reported speech, we are usually talking about the past (because obviously, the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too. For example: Direct speech: I’ve lost my umbrella. Reported speech: He said (that) he had lost his umbrella. Reported Speech Rules
Hace 1 día · A: The past perfect tense is more specific in indicating actions completed before another past point, emphasizing past-to-past connections, whereas the present perfect is used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present without specifying exact times. Q: When would you use the future perfect tense?
