Verb tenses.

[Crux4180]

Which of the following verb tenses are correct?
a) You should study English everyday.
b)By the time we arrive she will have swum three laps.
c) If I were you, I wouldn't walk home alone.
d) On several occasions he has stole money from work.

[Harry Smith]

[quote=Crux4180;211628]Which of the following verb tenses are correct?


a) You should study English everyday.
b)By the time we arrive she will have swum three laps.
c) If I were you, I wouldn't walk home alone.
d) On several occasions he has stole money from work. (has stolen)

[Crux4180]

Thanks for your help

[Harry Smith]

Thanks for your help

You are most welcome!

[Soup]

Note,

a) You should study English every day.

b) By the time we arrive she will have swum/swam three laps.

swim - Definitions from Dictionary.com

[Harry Smith]

Note,

a) You should study English every day.

b) By the time we arrive she will have swum/swam three laps.

swim - Definitions from Dictionary.com

No, I don't agree with you. Swim-swam-swum. It must be "have swum"

[BobK]

No, I don't agree with you. Swim-swam-swum. It must be "have swum"

But you don't know how they do things over there.

b

[Soup]

No, I don't agree with you. Swim-swam-swum. It must be "have swum"

You can disagree, Harry, but it won't negate the fact that there are indeed two past participles here, swum / swam.

[Harry Smith]

You can disagree, Harry, but it won't negate the fact that there are indeed two past participles here, swum / swam.

I know only one:swum. And "swam" is the past indefinite of the verb "to swim".
My American friend Ray Reeder couldn't remember the list of irregular verbs though he was about to retire soon.

[Soup]

I know only one:swum. And "swam" is the past indefinite of the verb "to swim".

Knowledge is power though, right? Teach the good, the bad, and the ugly.

My American friend Ray Reeder couldn't remember the list of irregular verbs though he was about to retire soon.

I don't follow you. What do you mean?