It should be "The children are BEGINNING to read nicely, now." ... though a better word than "nicely" would be to say "The children are beginning to read better" or "to read well"
The correct form is "has begun." "Begun" is the past participle form of the verb "begin."
Yes, depending on the context. We'd need to see the entire sentence. Barack Obama began running for President the day after his keynote address.
Yes, in the proper context. The following is correct: "My 5-year-old son began kindergarten yesterday." The following is incorrect: "My son had a birthday and is 5-year-old."
On July 25th 2004 I was watching 60 minutes and saw a tape of Martin Luther King Jr. Giving his famous speech that began with these words I have a dream
The past tense of begin is began (simple past) or had begun (past perfect).Are you going to begin doing your homework?I began my homework ten minutes ago.I already have begun.Whilst the past tense of begin is indeed 'began', it is incorrect grammar to say "I have already began". In this sense, you would need to use the present perfect tense, which is "I have already begun".The correct way to use the past tense of 'begin' (i.e. began) is to say, "I began my homework ten minutes ago."
The correct spelling is "ever since the world began."
yes
That is the correct spelling of "started" (began).
Begun is correct.
all correct
No. The past tense is began, and begun requires a helper verb (be, have).They began the project together.They had begun the project together.They will have begun their new project by May.The project was begun by them. (passive)
It should be "has the show begun?"