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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
"has" for the third person singular and "have" for all other forms.
What is the past participle and past tense of spend?
The past tense of "spend" is "spent" and the past participle is also "spent."
What is the passive voice of The detective identified the thief?
The thief was identified by the detective.
Yadav is waiting patiently for his sister's return change to present perfect?
The correct sentence is - Yadav is waiting patiently for his sister's return
A participle can modify a noun, a noun phrase, a verb, or a verb phrase.
Seen in is not tense. The verb seen is the past participle of see but a past participle by itself does not make a tense.
have/has seen = present perfect
had seen = past perfect
was seen = passive
What tense is will have broken?
"Will have broken" is in the future perfect tense, indicating an action that will be completed at a point in the future before another future action or time.
What is a past imperfect tense?
The past imperfect tense (or just imperfect tense) is used to describe an action in the past that is recognized as unfinished or continuous, which contrasts that of the preterite tense which recognizes an action in the past as being completed. English doesn't have an imperfect tense. A rough example of the imperfect tense in English would be "I was reading". The verb "was" implies that although I was reading sometime in the past, I didn't necessarily finish or the action got interrupted.
"Has been" is a present perfect tense verb phrase. It is used to indicate an action that started in the past and continues up to the present, or has just ended.
The word sitten is the past participle of sit. It is used as a verb.
The verb "shine" can be used in past, present, and future tenses. For example:
- Past tense: The sun shone brightly yesterday.
- Present tense: The stars shine in the night sky.
- Future tense: The moon will shine tomorrow night.
What is the present perfect continuous?
The present perfect continuous tense is used to indicate that an action started in the past, continues into the present, and may continue into the future. It is formed using "have/has been" + present participle (-ing). For example, "I have been working on this project for three hours."
Which is correct I was you or I were you?
It depends on the context. 'I was you' could be correct:
If you are writing a conditional sentence then "I were you" is correct. This is only for 'impossible conditions' where 'were' is used for all subjects eg
If I were you I would save the money.
If I were king I would raise the taxes.
If he were president I would be the first lady.
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What is the future tense of finished?
Finished is a past tense verb, the base verb is finish.
The future tenses of finish are:
will + verb -- I will finish the painting tomorrow.
be verb + going to + verb -- She is going to finish her lunch later.
be verb + present participle -- The writer is finishinghis book this year.
What is the future tense of show?
will + show -- We will show the movie next week.
be+going to + show -- We are going to show the movie next week.
be + showing -- We are showing the movie next month.
The word "pushing" is in the present participle tense. It is used to indicate an ongoing action or a continuous state of pushing in the present.
What is the past and present tense of wry?
wry is not a verb so it doesn't have a present tense. Wry is an adjective.
What is the past tense future tense and present tense of send?
The past tense is sent.
The future tense is will send.
The present tense is:
- I/You/We/They send.
- He/She/It sends.
The tense that uses "had" is the past perfect tense, while the tense that uses "have" is the present perfect tense.
What are the two types of its?
There are its and it's.
Its = pronoun (like his, hers, their)
It's = it is (contraction like don't, can't, won't)
They can be a little confusing. Just remember that it's is short for it is. If you can say it is in the sentence, then it is okay to use it's.
It's (see how you can replace it with it is):
It's all good.
It's a beautiful day!
We will leave when it's over.
Its (see how it works as a noun replacement):
The bird fell out of its nest.
The little bear ran to its mom.
The book was not in its place.
