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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 open past participle of speak?
Oral means speaking. It is a posh word that detectives use.
Which one is correct he think or he thinks?
"He thinks" is correct. The verb "thinks" agrees with the singular subject "he."
What is the past and past participle of swing?
The past tense of swing is swung. The past participle of swing is also swung.
What is the peresent perfect tense of improve?
Have been improving.
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Have been improving is the present perfect progressive tense conjugated for first and second person singular and first, second, and third person plural.
The present perfect tense of improve:
I have improved
You have improved
He/she/it has improved
We have improved
They have improved
What is the past tense of were?
Was and were are both the past tense of be.
The present tense is:
I am
he is
you are
they are
The past tense is:
I was
he was
you were
they were
What is the past and past participle of improve?
The past tense of improve is "improved", and the past participle is also "improved".
What is the future tense of hurry?
will hurry /will be hurrying/will have hurried/will have been hurrying.
What is the future perfect tense of steal?
The future perfect tense of "steal" is "will have stolen."
They are both present forms of the verb 'to say'.
The word 'says' you can use when the person speaking is one and no more than one person (or thing), who is not you or me. Example: He says that he is going to arrive tomorrow morning. She says she read the schedule and the schedule says there are no arrivals tomorrow.
If it is more than one person or if it is me or you, you use 'say'. E.g. I say there are no arrivals tomorrow. I understand you say the same thing. We both say that there are no arrivals tomorrow, so we agree with what she and the schedule say. Nobody agrees with what he says.
What is the past and past participle of steal?
The simple past tense is stole. The past participle is stolen.
What is the past and past participle for sneak?
Sneaked and snuck are both accepted in standard English.
What is the importance of studying the past participle of a verb?
the importance of studying the past participle of verb, is to know whether it is a helping verb + a main verb, in that case you are also studying the perfect tense of verb in which it is really important in making a sentence or phrase and a paragraph.....:P ♥♥♥ Hope this helps :)
What different between near future in simple present and present continuous?
It's not really about near or far. We use the present simple for the future when we're talking about timetables, things like planes, trains, movies theaters, school and university. Some examples:
My flight leaves at 9 pm
My class starts in 5 mins
My retirement starts in 2 months
Etc
The present continuous or better, the diary future, is used for planned futures that have been arranged, organized, booked etc. Some examples
I'm going on holiday next week. (hotel's booked, tickets paid for and so on)
I'm having lunch with my mother next week. (I called her, we have arranged to meet etc).
If you remember it as the 'diary' future then these would be things you'd put in your diary because they would be things that were definitely going to happen, in contrast to 'going to' future which is used for intentions.
What are the modals that are used to express a past habit?
The phrase "used to" do something.
The girl used to smoke.
The boy used to hit girls.
Is May I call on Mr. Smith as the next speaker correct?
"May I call on Mr. Smith as the next speaker" is correct only if the speaker is asking permission from someone else. If the speaker is a chairman or other recognized leader of a meeting, the speaker should simply say, "I call on Mr. Smith as the next speaker.
What is the present and past tense of abate?
Abate is a regular verb so the past tense is made by adding -ed
abated = past - The wind abated after the storm.
abate/abates = present - They waited for the crowd's fury to abate. Her enthusiasm abates after a while.
What is the past tense of present participle of hold?
The past tense of the present participle "holding" is "held."
