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• Is past perfect the same as past participle?
• What is the difference between past perfect tense and past perfect continuous tense?
• What is the difference between past simple and past continuous tenses?
• What is the past tense and perfect tense?
• What is the difference between simple past and past participle?
• What are examples of sentences using simple past? How do you change the sentences into present progressive?
• What is the past tense for the word "learn"?
• What is the past tense of the word "cost"?
• What is the past tense of the word "hurt"?
• What is the past tense of the word "regret"?
• What's the difference between past perfect and past participle? Examples are helpful, but an explanation would be better.
• How do you determine when to use simple past and past perfect tenses?
• What is the past perfect tense of the word "deceive"?
• What is the difference in: I learned that song and I've learned that song? I'm really confused by past tense and past participle.
• Is there a rule about the use of "when" and "while" for past continuous and simple past? I am confused.
• Is past perfect the same as past participle? Is the past perfect tense has + (word)ed? Does the past participle always have a helping verb?
• What is the past tense of "read"?
• What is the past tense and past participle of "cast"? For example: Substances can be (cast) to develop new materials,
• What is the past tense of "sink"? As in, The ship ____ two days ago.
• What is the past tense of "raise"? Is it raised? Is it rose? Both?
• What is the past tense of the word "do"?
• Can you explain what the past participle is in a simple, easy way?
• What is the tense of "was enjoying" in this sentence? Jenny said that she was honored, and she hoped that Mr. Park was enjoying his stay in Penang.
• What are examples of past participial phrases?
• What is the past participle of "leave"?
• What is the past participle of "wake"?
• What is the past participle of "study"?
• Is this passive voice? So, is the passive voice version of this sentence: "He hated math his whole life" or "He had hated math his whole life." If not, what tense is it?
• Is past perfect tense commonly used in everyday English?
• How would you re-write "Objective analysis confirms this answer." in the passive voice?
• What is the difference between in tense between "I learned that song" and "I have learned that song."?
• What is the past perfect tense of the verb "live"?
• What is the difference between the past progressive and the past perfect progressive, since both of them express a duration in the past?
• Is the past tense of the word "cost" remain "cost"?
• What is the difference between past perfect tense and past perfect continuous tense?
• What is the difference (in terms of meaning) between the simple past and the present perfect/ past perfect?
• I am always confused with the two words "were" and "was." Is "were" past tense or present tense? What about "was"?
• I first met my friend in 2005 and I met him again in 2007.It is now 2009. Which is correct: We did not see each other for 2 years or We had not seen each other for 2 years? Why did you choose your answer? Which one is correct? Thanks?
• Do you always use past perfect or simple past tense to indicate a connection between actions that happened in the past? Or is it past progressive?
• In English, when do you use past perfect tense and present perfect tense?
• What tense is "has seen"? What tense is "had seen"?
• What is an example of a sentence written in the past perfect progressive tense?
• In English, what is imperfect tense?
• What is a helping verb? If I was "taking swimming lessons" is the helping verb "taking" or "swimming"?
• Which verb tense indicates continuing action: Future, Progressive, Present, or Past perfect?
• Do prepositions modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
• Are the simple past and present perfect tenses identical in their time relationship to the present?
• In this sentence: "In the past, the small nation [ had been committed ] to self-managed socialism." Why is the past perfect used? Why not the past tense or present perfect?
• Is the verb "to learn" in the past tense? What is the difference between "learned" and "learnt"? Is "to learn" a regular or an irregular verb?
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