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David Farrens



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Location: Puyallup wa, USA.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:58 am    Post subject: Me and the tenses have a problem any clue would help[ Reply with quote

i am currantly taking the itoi TEFL course.
And i need help with a tense sentence it is a time line sentence.
it is i've had a cold for five days
is this sentence present simple
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Dave Shaffer



Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 15
Location: Gwangju, S Korea

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:44 am    Post subject: Re: Me and the tenses have a problem any clue would help[ Reply with quote

David Farrens wrote:
i am currantly taking the itoi TEFL course.
And i need help with a tense sentence it is a time line sentence.
it is i've had a cold for five days
is this sentence present simple


Dear David,

Because of "have had," the sentence is present perfect tense.

A simple present tense would be:

--- I have a cold.

Best wishes,
Dave Shaffer
Gwangju, S Korea
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David Farrens



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:51 am    Post subject: reply Reply with quote

Thank you me big tense dummy Confused
i need all the help i can get.
slow learner ya know!!!!!!
dave
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