began vs begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum As TDOL said, "begun" is the past participle of the verb "begin" We use the past participle with an auxiliary verb to form the present perfect: I have begun You have begun He has begun We have begun They have begun, or the past perfect: I you he we they had begun
[Grammar] Construction has begun - UsingEnglish. com Construction has begun on the first of the five structures scheduled to open in the spring There is no need to place an article in front of "construction" as it implies "work" There is no definiteness about "construction" as yet
the construction was begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum "In 2001, the construction of a cultural complex for the Spanish autonomous region of Galicia was begun According to its architect, it will complete in 2012, taking about 11 years to build " This is perfectly correct
[General] touch of earthiness to reaffirm her imperviousness? What . . . Like when she bought the rat poison, the arsenic That was over a year after they had begun to say "Poor Emily," and while the two female cousins were visiting her I have read the whole story I know as the last Grierson in the town, she has been bred to be act like a Grierson
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
Tense and Aspect: 5. The Retrospective Aspect. Part 1 An action begun in the past and continuing through the present: My boss has lived there since 1998 An action begun in the past continuing up to the present, but not beyond: Hello, Neil I haven’t seen you for ages A past action occurring within a time period considered still to be continuing: Peter has called me four times today
He was wearing or putting on his clothes means he was getting ready . . . If you are wearing clothes, you are fully dressed In you are not wearing clothes, you are fully undressed If you are putting clothes on, you have begun getting into them but are not fully dressed yet If you are taking clothes off, you have begun getting out of them but are not fully undressed yet - wearing clothes = fully dressed
The Great Wall of China - Reading Exercise - UsingEnglish. com The Great Wall of China Walls and wall building have played a very important role in Chinese culture These people, from the dim mists of prehistory have been wall-conscious; from the Neolithic period – when ramparts of pounded earth were used - to the Communist Revolution, walls were an essential part of any village