English Grammar Guide: Present Perfect, Future Tense, Comparatives, Superlatives, and More
Present Perfect
I/you/we/they have been to Paris (Positive)
He/she/it has been to Paris
I/you/we/they have not been to Paris (Negative)
He/she/it has not been to Paris
Have I/you/we/they been to Paris (Question)
Has He/she/it been to Paris
Regular Verbs:
Travel/traveled
Irregular Verbs:
- Break/broke/broken
- Buy/bought/bought
- Do/did/done
- Eat/ate/eaten
- Get/got/gotten
- Give/gave/given
- Go/went/gone
- Know/knew/known
- Leave/left/left
- Make/made
- Meet/met
- See/saw/seen
- Take/took/taken
- Tell/told/told
- Think/thought
- Write/wrote/written
Will
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Present Perfect
I/you/we/they have been to Paris (Positive)
He/she/it has been to Paris
I/you/we/they have not been to Paris (Negative)
He/she/it has not been to Paris
Have I/you/we/they been to Paris (Question)
Has He/she/it been to Paris
Regular Verbs:
Travel/traveled
Irregular Verbs:
- Break/broke/broken
- Buy/bought/bought
- Do/did/done
- Eat/ate/eaten
- Get/got/gotten
- Give/gave/given
- Go/went/gone
- Know/knew/known
- Leave/left/left
- Make/made
- Meet/met
- See/saw/seen
- Take/took/taken
- Tell/told/told
- Think/thought
- Write/wrote/written
Will
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- Trachea or windpipe
- Larynx or voicebox
- (Supraglottal) cavities or resonators
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- Nose/nasal cavity
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English Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide
Present perfect
I/you/we/they have been to Paris (Positive)
He/she/it has been to Paris
I/you/we/they have not been to Paris (Negative)
He/she/it has not been to Paris
Have I/you/we/they been to Paris (Question)
Has He/she/it been to Paris
Regular verbs:
Travel/traveled
Irregular verbs:
Break/broke/broken
Buy/bought/bought
Do/did/done
Eat/ate/eaten
Get/got/gotten
Give/gave/given
Go/went/gone
Know/knew/known
Leave/left/left
Make/made
Meet/met
See/saw/seen
Take/took/taken
Tell/told/told
Think/thought
Write/wrote/written
Will
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