When can we use while?
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When can we use while?
We can use while or as to talk about two longer events or activities happening at the same time. We can use either simple or continuous verb forms: We spent long evenings talking in my sitting-room while he played the music he had chosen and explained his ideas.
What we use after while?
The sentence “the subject + the verb” is put after “while.” We use “during” which is similar to “while.” But “during” is the preposition unlike “while.” Thus, the sentence “the subject + the verb” can not be used.
Do we put comma after while?
While at the Beginning of a Sentence When while is the first word of your sentence, you obviously shouldn’t add a comma in front of it. But if you’re using while to mean “whereas,” you still need to put a comma somewhere. Put it at the end of the clause that while introduces.
How is the past tense?
The past tense refers to event that have happened in the past. The basic way to form the past tense in English is to take the present tense of the word and add the suffix -ed. For example, to turn the verb “walk” into the past tense, add -ed to form “walked.” .
What tense should I use after when?
In time clauses with words like when, after and until, we often use present tense forms to talk about the future: I’ll come home when I finish work. You must wait here until your father comes. They are coming after they have had dinner.
Can we use will with when?
When we use “when” as a conjunction introducing a time clause, the same rule as for other time clauses applies: correct I’ll call you when I come home. wrong I’ll call you when I will come home. In the cases in which “when” doesn’t introduce an adverbial time clause, we do use “will” when expressing the future.
What tense do we use when?
past tense
How do we use present tense?
The simple present tense is used:
- To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
- To give instructions or directions:
- To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
- To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
Which tense is used with before?
past simple tense
What tense is were in?
What tense is had?
Past Perfect tense
Is has singular or plural?
Use has when the subject is a singular noun or singular pronoun. Use have when the subject is a plural noun or plural pronoun. The first person singular pronoun ‘I’ also take have.
Was Were exercise with answers?
Complete the sentences with was or were.
- I. was. were. happy.
- You. was. were. angry.
- She. was. were. in London last week.
- He. was. were. on holiday.
- It. was. were. cold.
- We. was. were. at school.
- You. was. were. at the cinema.
- They. was. were. at home.
Is Am are exercise for class 3?
Answers
- My brother is a doctor.
- You are my best friend.
- She is a pretty girl.
- I am your neighbour.
- They are our guests. We should treat them well.
- The boys are learning their lessons.
- The girls are singing.
- The birds are flying in the sky.
Can we say how is you?
The pronoun YOU always takes a plural verb, even when it refers to only one person. So we always say “How are you?” never “How is you?”
Is there were correct grammar?
1 Answer. Answer #1 is correct; use the plural verb, were, because there are multiple toys. In my house, there were many toys. If you were talking about 1 pile of toys though, you would use “was,” the singular verb, because there is 1, single pile.
Where vs were meaning?
Were is the past tense of be when used as a verb. Where means in a specific place when used as an adverb or conjunction. A good way to remember the difference is that where has an “h” for “home”, and home is a place. Out of the two words, “were” is the most common.
Were vs we’re vs Where?
“Were” (rhymes with “fur”) is a past form of the verb “to be.” “We’re” (rhymes with “fear”) is a contraction of “we are.” The adverb and conjunction “where” (rhymes with “hair”) refers to a place.
