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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 the past tense and future tense of rain?
The past tense is rained. The future tense is will rain.
How did your host family treat you into passive voice?
The sentence "How did your host family treat you?" may be expressed in the passive voice as "How were you treated by your host family?"
Is this sentence correct for present tense Look. They all are looking both ways before crossing?
The sentence, "They all are looking both ways before crossing?" uses the verb "look" in the present progressive(alternatively called the "present continuous") tense. The corresponding simple present tense sentence would be "They look both ways before crossing".
What is the correct English Did they apply or did they applied?
The correct English is "Did they apply?" 'Applied' cannot be used because 'did' already serves as the auxiliary verb in the past tense.
Is it 'if someone were to' or 'if someone was to'?
As a matter of prescriptive grammar, they are functionally the same. There is no reason why one is right or the other is wrong. As a matter of descriptive grammar, we can say that the phrase "If someone were to" is almost 5 times more common than the other one.
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.
