began vs begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum Began is for the past, for example, yesterday Example: [list:0afdd209fb]I began it yesterday [ list:u:0afdd209fb] Use have begun when talking about something you are doing You have started it and you are still doing it Example: I have begun doing my homework A famous use of have begun: "I have not yet begun to fight " (John Paul Jones
[Grammar] have learned began learning - UsingEnglish. com 1 I started began learning [to play] the piano at the age of five 2 I have been learning [to play] the piano since I was five years old 3 I have been learning [to play] the piano for at least ten years 4 I have been learning [to play] the piano since I was five years old 5 As you can see, your sentence #5 matches my sentences #2 and #4
He began started crying to cry. | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum I began to cry when I heard the bad news (crying started and continued for unspecified time) I began crying when I heard the bad news (crying started and continued for unspecified time) With 'begin' and continuous tenses, you can only use the infinitive The baby is beginning to cry (crying has commenced and is on-going)
the meeting began. | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum Can you please help me with this question? Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence: ____________, the meeting began A After we have sat down B All of us having taken the seats C Our having seated D Once we had seated The key says the answer is B, but I have no idea why
[Vocabulary] the express reason, What does it mean? - UsingEnglish. com Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part，because of enslavement to others, etc
9 Phrasal Verbs With START - UsingEnglish. com Definitions of English phrasal verbs with 'START' Learn the meaning of phrasal verbs starting with 'START', read definitions and view examples of English phrasal verbs from UsingEnglish com
English Tenses and Aspects 5 - The Retrospective Aspect An action begun in the past and continuing through later past time: Jed had lived in Prague for five years before he began to speak Czech An action begun in the past continuing up to a later past time, but not beyond: Howard was pleased to bump into Neil They hadn't seen each other for ages