Comments on: Past tenses in English http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/comment-page-1/#comment-33359 Clare Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:35 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-33359 "He was employed from X to X". You don't need to use the past perfect to talk about an event in the past, unless you want to show it happened before another event in the past. "He was employed from X to X". You don't need to use the past perfect to talk about an event in the past, unless you want to show it happened before another event in the past.

]]> By: king http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/comment-page-1/#comment-33353 king Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:31:39 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-33353 "He had been employed with us from January 2008 to January 2009."Is it right, is my tense correct, "had been"? The person is no loger connected with us. He ceased to work last January 2009. "He had been employed with us from January 2008 to January 2009."Is it right, is my tense correct, "had been"? The person is no loger connected with us. He ceased to work last January 2009.

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/comment-page-1/#comment-32896 Clare Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:27:24 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-32896 Have a look at the page on modals in the grammar section of the site for explanations and examples: http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/ We use "could" to talk about possibility, so "could have done" to talk about something that was possible in the past. Have a look at the page on modals in the grammar section of the site for explanations and examples:
http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/

We use "could" to talk about possibility, so "could have done" to talk about something that was possible in the past.

]]> By: pradeepa http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/comment-page-1/#comment-32793 pradeepa Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:54:02 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-32793 hi clare, could you please explain the usage of modal verb. could have. i was so tired,so i could have slept more than 2 hours.. is this correct one? 1) He has broken the window. 2) He could have broken the window. pls explain in detail above both sentences hi clare,

could you please explain the usage of modal verb.

could have.

i was so tired,so i could have slept more than 2 hours..
is this correct one?
1) He has broken the window.
2) He could have broken the window.
pls explain in detail above
both sentences

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/comment-page-1/#comment-32478 Clare Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:26:05 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-32478 To talk about things we are planning for the future now, we can use "I'm planning to / I'm going to". In the past, we can say "I was going to" or "I was planning to", but not "would". (Unless you use a 3rd conditional type - "I would have gone there yesterday, but then my cousin called me and I changed plan". To talk about things we are planning for the future now, we can use "I'm planning to / I'm going to".

In the past, we can say "I was going to" or "I was planning to", but not "would". (Unless you use a 3rd conditional type – "I would have gone there yesterday, but then my cousin called me and I changed plan".

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