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Grammatical Tenses
Includes questions regarding the use of specific word forms to express periods in time (past, present and future tense).
3,106 Questions
What is past for the word won?
In which case there is no past tense, since it is a proper noun. What is the simple past tense of the verb win? The past tense is won.
What is the future tense of cautious?
Cautious doesn't have a future tense as it's an adjective. Only verbs have tenses.
Can you change tenses per paragraph?
It depends on what you're writing. If you're writing a novel then it's a common technique for writer's to change tense. For example, if you are primarily writing in present tense, you could switch to past tense when talking about something that happened previously.
If you are writing something academic (such as an essay or thesis) then you should try to remain consistent with your tense and not switch.
Changing your tenses too often will confuse your reader so be careful.
What is past tense and past participle of visit?
The past tense of "visit" is "visited" and the past participle is also "visited."
What is the future perfect tense of survive?
The future perfect tense of survive is will have survived.
What is the perfect tense of burn?
Present perfect:
- I/You/We/They have burned.
- He/She/It has burned.
Present perfect continuous:
- I/You/We/They have been burning.
- He/She/It has been burning.
Past perfect:
- Had burned.
Past perfect continuous:
- Had been burning.
Future perfect:
- Will have burned.
Future perfect continuous:
- Will have been burning.
What is the past tense and past participle of the word set?
Set is one of those verbs which have the same word for present past and past participle - set.
Another example is cut.
What is the future tense of arrived?
Arrived is the past tense of arrive. So your question should be what is the future tense of arrive.
will arrive -- The plane will arrive 3 hours late.
going to arrive -- I am going to arrive at the airport at 10 am tomorrow.
am/is/are arriving -- He is arriving later today.
What is the future tense of gathered?
Gathered - past tense
Gather - present tense
Will gather - future tense
When is the action taking place when using present progressive tense?
The present progressive tense is used to refer to actions happening now, at the present time, and to also refer to actions in the future.
Examples:
- I am doing my homework.
- I am taking my driving test next week.
What is the past and present tense of attend?
The past tense is attended.
The present tense is:
- I/You/We/They attend.
- He/She/It attends.
A simple verb tense can allow you to describe any number of non-continuous events occurring in the same time frame. The simple tenses are past, present, and future, allowing you describe events in any time period.
What is the present past future tense of the word sneak?
The present tense is sneak/sneaks.
The past tense is sneaked. (Snuck is often used in American English)
The future tense is will sneak.
What is the difference between simple and continuous verb tenses?
past simple or present simple are called simple because they have only one verb, a main verb eg
I saw the movie. She walks to work.
Continuous verb tenses have a present participle that is a verb ending in -ing eg walking or listening plus a be verb or an auxiliary verb. Examples
present continuous - I am listening to music
past continuous - The man was walking home.
present perfect continuous - We have beenlistening to music.
Also the simple tenses and continuous tenses are used to express different past present or future time.
What is the progressive tense of fall?
Present progressive tense:
- I am falling.
- You/We/They are falling.
- He/She/It is falling.
Present perfect progressive tense:
- I/You/We/They have been falling.
- He/She/It has been falling.
Past progressive tense:
- I/He/She/It was falling.
- You/We/They were falling.
Past perfect progressive tense:
- Had been falling.
Future progressive tense:
- Will be falling.
Future perfect progressive tense:
- Will have been falling.
Is is correct to say you live in the forest?
There's nothing grammatically incorrect about "you live in the forest."
What is the past tense and past participle of may?
"May" doesn't have a past participle.
The past tense is "might".
Why cut not cutted in past tense of cut?
In English, the past tense of "cut" is "cut" because it follows the regular conjugation for strong verbs. While some past tense forms change by adding "-ed", irregular verbs like "cut" maintain the same form in both their present and past tense.
What is past participle for work?
Work is a regular verb so you add -ed to make the past and past participle.
work / worked / worked
