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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).

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What is the present past future tense of the word work?

Present tense: work/works/working

Past tense: worked.

Future tense: will work.

What is present future tense of word catch?

"Catch" is the present tense. "Will catch" is the future tense.

What is the past and past participle of bid?

Bid: to issue a command/to summon/to greet.

  • Past tense - bade.
  • Past participle - bidden.

Bid: to offer.

  • Past tense - bid.
  • Past participle - bid.

What is the past and past participle of light?

The past tense of "light" is "lit" or "lighted," and the past participle is also "lit" or "lighted."

What is the past participle of hand in?

With phrasal verbs like hand in the verb part - hand - changes to show tense.

The verb hand is a regular verb so to make past participle add -ed = handed.

Then the past participle of hand in is handed in

Is since an adjective?

No, "since" is not an adjective. It is commonly used as a conjunction or adverb to indicate time or cause.

Is could in the past tense?

Yes, "could" is the past tense of "can." It is used to indicate past ability or past possibility.

What is the difference between how is your uncle and your mom and how are your uncle and your mom?

The plural are form is correct because there is a compound subject (uncle and mom). The singular is might be used colloquially with separated nouns or an ellipsis, indicating a delay, e.g. "How is your uncle...and your mom?"

What tense is would you come to dinner tonight?

The tense of "would you come to dinner tonight" is conditional, specifically the conditional form of the modal verb "would." It expresses a polite request or invitation that depends on a specific condition being met.

What is the present progressive tense of the verb sew?

Present progressive of sew:

  • I am sewing
  • We are sewing
  • You are sewing
  • He/she is sewing
  • They are sewing

Is it proper grammar to start a sentence with after?

Yes, because "after" is a word that can begin a dependent clause. For example: After I passed all of my exams, I was able to graduate. After looking at the shirts, she selected one with blue stripes. (A dependent clause that begins with "after" needs an independent clause to complete it; the independent clause tells what happened next.)

What is the past and past particle of get?

The past tense of "get" is "got," and the past participle is "gotten." In American English, "gotten" is often used as the past participle, while in British English, "got" is commonly used as both the past tense and past participle.

What is the third person singular past tense of control?

She/He controls.

Not quite; that is the 3rd person singular of the Simple Present Tense, or the Past Tense should be "controlled" (there isn't a special marker for the 3rd pers sg; all forms are identical).

What is the past participle of dirty?

Dirty is typically used as an adjective (i.e. He played in the mud and came out dirty), but as it does have a verbal form (i.e. The shoes were too clean, so we decided to dirty them up.) it can have a past participle.

Past Participle: Dirtied.

When should there be different tenses used and why?

It was late one evening. Jenny was getting ready for bed when she heard a peculiar noise from the street out side. she went over to the window and cautiously looked out. at first she could not see anything but as her eyes adjusted to the darkness Jenny spotted two strange figures lurking at the bottom of her garden.

"Come quickly and looked at this she called to her brother. There was someone in the garden" I can see them now. "Okay Okay! I will be there in a minute, replied Nick" "I'm just getting changed".

What is the relation between verb tenses and participles?

Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives or parts of other verb tenses. For example, in the sentence "The broken window was repaired," "broken" is a past participle used in the past tense sentence. Participles can be used to form different verb tenses, such as the perfect or progressive forms.

What is the perfect tense of agree?

Present Perfect Tense

  • I/You/We/They have agreed.
  • He/She/It has agreed.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I/You/We/They have been agreeing.
  • He/She/It has been agreeing.

Past Perfect Tense

  • Had agreed.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • Had been agreeing.

Future Perfect Tense

  • Will have agreed.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • Will have been agreeing.