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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
There are two correct forms, neither of which is exactly given in the question: "Oregon is a [not "the"] northwestern state" or "Oregon is one of the northwestern states."
What is the future tense of what will you do on Saturday?
The future tense of "What will you do on Saturday?" is "What will you be doing on Saturday?"
What is future tense of sit word?
The future tense of the word "sit" is "will sit" or "shall sit" depending on the context. It is formed by adding the helping verb "will" or "shall" before the base form of the verb "sit."
When do you use the perfect tense?
A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or will be completed in the future.
Past Perfect Tense: I had sung
Present Perfect Tense: I have sung
Future Perfect Tense: I will have sung
How can you know if the sentence is perfect progressive tenses?
Perfect progressive/continuous tense have:
have/has/had + been + present participle
Present perfect continuous:
I have been waiting for two hours. She has been waiting for two hours.
Past perfect continuous:
We had been waiting for two hours. She had been waiting for two hours.
What is the present and past participle of break?
break broken
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The present participle of break is breaking. Present participles always end in -ing.
The past participle is broken.
Teach form and function
For example present simple.
Form of present simple is, one verb in the base form for all subjects except he/she/it and singular noun subjects. For he /she etc add s to the verb.
They like ice cream. I like ice cream. We like ice cream etc
He likes ice cream. She likes ice cream. It likes ice cream. The dog likes ice cream.
(here you also have to teach the spelling of verb + s e.g watch we add es - watches)
Function of present simple is to talk about:
1) Some thing that is always true: The sun rises in the east. She comes from Korea
2) Something that is true now: I live in Singapore. She lives in Whangarei.
3) Some thing you do again and again (habits) I catch the bus to university. My father teaches English.
You can use this approach for all tenses.
What is the past participle of doesn't?
doesn't doesn't have a past participle.
Doesn't is the negative form of do. It is used to make negative sentences with third person singular subjects or singular noun subjects.
She doesn't like kimchi. - negative sentence third person pronoun subject.
The dog doesn't like kimchi - negative sentence singular noun subject.
The past participle of do is done. The negative is haven't done or hasn't done.
She has done gymnastics for years. - positive sentence using past participle of do.
He hasn't done gymnastics since last year. - negative sentence using past participle of do.
Answer:Didn't.
Need to know the past tense and past participle word for the flow?
Infinitive: to flow
Past tense: flew
Past participle: flown
If flow is the base verb then past and past participle are
flowed / flowed
The river flowed to the sea.
The river has flowed through our property for years.
What is the past present and future tense of bad?
Bad is an adjective, not a verb. Only verbs have tenses.
What is the past participle of slinked?
The past participle (and simple past) can be slunk, slinked or slank.
Slunk is most common.
What is the past form and past participle of hurt?
"Hurt" is one of the "invariable" irregular verbs: Its past tense and past participle are both the same as the present.
What is the past participle of do and have?
The past participle of do is done.
The past participle of have is had.
What is the past participle of to and be?
To isn't a verb and so doesn't have a past participle.
The past participle of be is been.
What is the past participle of work and teach?
The past participle of "work" is "worked." The past participle of "teach" is "taught."
What is the past participle of go and speak?
The past participle of "go" is "gone." The past participle of "speak" is "spoken."
What is the past participle of criticize?
"Criticize" is a regular verb; therefore, its past participle is "criticized".
Is standing a participle word?
Yes it could be the present participle of stand.
They are standing on the deck.
It also could be an adjective or a noun
What is the past participle of recite?
Recite is a regular verb. The past participle of any regular verb can be made by adding "ed" to the end of the word. Recited is the past participle of recite.
