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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
Simple past and past participle of break?
The past tense of break is broke, and the past participle is broken.
What is the Present past and past participle of drive?
Present participle - driving
Simple past - drove
Past participle - driven
When should verb tenses match?
Generally, verb tenses should match when verbs are connected to each other by conjunctions.
Example: He walked into the room and tookoff his shoes.
In the main part of a sentence, if you can break it apart and make separate sentences, it's in the right tense.
He walked into the room.
He took off his shoes.
Both in the past-tense, both correct.
When you have a parenthetical phrase, however, the tenses only have to match inside of it and outside of it, not all the way through. (A parenthetical phrase is a part of a sentence that can be removed without hurting the sentence.)
Example: He walked into the room, dropping his bag on the floor and removing his shoes, then sat down on his bed.
Dropping and removing match, because they're in the same phrase. The phrase also works without the parenthetical, which can be removed. (He walked into his room, then sat down on his bed.) As long as the verbs match, it's right.
What is the past or present tense of be?
you could use it in the future tense e.g i will be getting a hamster on saturday.
for the past tense you would use been.
for the present you could use something like doing
What Irregular verbs remain the same in past tense?
put, quit, cost, cut, fit, hit, hurt, knit, let, rid, set, shed, shut, slit, split, spread, thrust
What is the present and future tense of the word mean?
Present tense:
I/you/we/they mean. He/she/it means.
The present participle is meaning.
Future tense:
Will mean.
How does the different verb tense affect a sentence?
I go to the cinema.
I went to the cinema.
In these two sentences the only thing that has changed is the tenses of the verb.
The first sentence means I go to the cinema now and then, it's my habit - (maybe every week - maybe tomorrow maybe next week).
The second sentence refers to an event that happened in the past it is finished completed.
So just by changing the verb the sentences have different meannings
What is the future tense of decide?
will decide or going to decide or decidingor will have decided.
Examples:
I will decide about the party tomorrow.
I am going to decide about the party tomorrow.
I am deciding about the party tomorrow.
I will have decided about tomorrow's party by tonight.
By the time you arrive, we will be preparing to go home.
What are the three helping verbsfor the emphatic form?
The three helping verbs for forming emphatic tenses are "shall", "will", and "do". "Shall" and "will" are used only for future tenses, but "do" can be used in all tenses. However, note that all of these verbs can be used for non-intensive tenses also.
What is the past and past participle of build?
The past form of "build" is "built" and the past participle is also "built".
How you convert present tense sentence to past tense and future tense?
Here's three examples: Present tense, I drive my son to school; Past tense, I drove my son to school;and Future tense, I will drive my son to school.
What is the past and future tense of do?
The past tense of do is did. "We did a lot of work today. "
The future tense of do is:
will do - I will do the washing tonight.
be + going to do - I am going to do my homework tomorrow night.
be + doing - I am doing my homework later.
In what year were you born if you were 36 in 2009?
Assuming an age of 36 in 2009, you would have been born in either 1973 or 1972.
What is the future tense of allows?
The future tense of "allows" is "will allow." For example, "She allows me to borrow her car" in future tense would be "She will allow me to borrow her car."
In factual descriptions do you always have to use present tense and third person?
No, factual descriptions can be written in various tenses and can use different perspectives depending on the context and style of writing. While present tense and third person are commonly used for objectivity and immediacy, other tenses and perspectives are also acceptable, as long as they maintain clarity and coherence.
Furture perfect form of to do?
The future perfect form of "to do" is "will have done." It is used to indicate that an action will be completed by a specific point in the future. For example, "By this time next week, I will have done my homework."
What is the future progressive tense of spend?
"will be spending" -- It is used to describe an ongoing activity in the future.
I love collecting mementos. When I travel around Europe next summer, I will be spending a lot of money on souvenirs at each city I visit.
What is the definition of a past tense verb?
A past tense verb is a verb that indicates an action that has already happened in the past. It typically ends in "-ed" in regular verbs (e.g., walked, talked) but irregular verbs have different forms (e.g., went, ate).
