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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 difference between gone and went?
"Gone" is the past participle of "go" and is used when something has moved away from a location or is no longer present. "Went" is the past tense of "go" and indicates the action of moving towards a destination in the past.
What is the past tense and the past continuous tense of go?
past = went
past continuous = was going or were going.
What is the past and past participle of believe?
The past tense of "believe" is "believed" and the past participle is also "believed."
What is the past and future tense of speak?
The past tense of "speak" is "spoke," and the future tense is "will speak."
Is there a difference between despite and in spite of?
Actually, no they mean the same. Despite, however, is more commonly used in sentences that talk about something that was supposed to be, but did not in the end. Like "Despite the fact that my friend was busy, she found time to call me and make sure I was okay." 'In spite of' usually refers to your own thoughts, like "I began to cry in spite of myself."
However, they can both be used either way. =]
What is a past perfect progressive tence?
The past perfect progressive tense is used to show an action that was ongoing in the past before another action took place. It is formed by using "had been" + the present participle of the verb (ending in -ing). For example, "She had been working for six hours before she took a break."
What tense is He used to live in a big house?
The tense of "He used to live in a big house" is past simple. The phrase "used to" indicates a past habit or situation that no longer applies in the present.
What is the difference between a 'bare infinitive' and a 'full infinitive'verbs?
Infinitives are not verb tenses. Infinitives do not usually indicate the time of the action but are more general, i.e. without reference to time. (Hence 'infinitive')
Infinitives have two forms: Full infinitive and Bare infinitive, as shown below. Infinitives have many uses and functions.
FULL INFINITIVE
'Full infinitives' (also known as 'to-infinitives') include the word 'to', e.g. 'to say', 'to like', 'to write', 'to read', 'to explain' etc
The infinitive with the marker 'to' is the most common form of the infinitive.
Examples:
- "Gymnastics is easier to say than to do."
- "To be or not to be -that is the question: ..."
- "We want to leave at 6 o'oclock."
BARE INFINITIVE
The 'bare infinitive' is just the infinitive form withoutthe word 'to', e.g. say, like, write, read, explain, etc.
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What type of verb ends in ed the past tense and in the past participle?
A regular verb.
I walked to school. - past simple
I have walked to school everyday this week - past perfect - uses past participle.
Irregular verbs do not add -ed.
I ran to school.
I have run to school ever day this week.
Singular nouns that the verb becomes plural but the noun stays the same?
Some examples of singular nouns that have the same form in both singular and plural are: sheep, deer, fish, aircraft.
Past present and future tense of choose?
Simple past tense - chose.
Past participle - chosen.
Present tense - I/you/we/they choose. He/she/it chooses. The present participle is choosing.
Future tense - Will choose.
How do you change this sentence to past tense I am very happy with you?
Depends on if you know me or not. Am I a happy person?
Is jumped a past or past participle?
- 'Jumped' is the past participle of jump. The past participle of a verb is used to form the perfecttenses.
- 'Jumped' is also the past simple of jump.
Examples:
PAST SIMPLE
-We jumped over the stream.
USE OF PAST PARTICIPLE
-Many people have jumped over two metres in the high jump event. (PAST PARTICIPLE in the PRESENT PERFECT)
-If Salim had jumped just one centimetre higher he would have beaten the national record! (PAST PARTICIPLE in the PAST PERFECT)
-It is estimated that, by the end of the year, internet advertising will have jumped another 20% over last year's expenditure. (PAST PARTICIPLE in the FUTURE PERFECT)
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What are past verbs and past participles?
Past verbs are used to make past simple sentences
eg ran past tense of run: The dog ran to school.
or walked past tense of walk: We walked to school last week.
Past participles are used to make:
perfect verb phrases eg - has walked - have waited- had come
passive verb phrases eg - is played - are drunk - were eaten
Past participles for regular verbs are the same as the past simple
eg walk / walked / walked - just add -ed to the verb
for irregular verbs the past participle is a new word or sometimes the same word is used.
eg cut / cut / cut - for the verb cut all forms are the same.
or run / ran / run - the basic verb and the past participle are the same
or eat / ate / eaten - each form has a different word
