Verbal tenses
She started working here five years ago.
She has been working here for five years.
I don’t have a car, so I take the bus.
If I had a car, I wouldn’t take the bus.
Despite the rain, we went for a walk.
Although it was raining, we went for a walk.
“I love playing the piano,” she said.
She said that she loved playing the piano.
The chef cooked a delicious meal.
A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
I have never been to Japan.
This is the first time I have been to Japan.
I didn’t go to the party because I was sick.
If I hadn’t been sick, I would have gone to the party.
He was tired. He continued working.
Even though he was tired, he continued working.
“We are watching a movie,” they said.
They said that they were watching a movie.
They are painting the house right now.
The house is being painted right now.
They moved to London in 2010.
They have lived in London since 2010.
You should leave now, or you’ll miss your train.
If you don’t leave now, you will miss your train.
She left early because she wasn’t feeling well.
Since she wasn’t feeling well, she left early.
“I will call you tomorrow,” he told me.
He told me that he would call me the next day.
They will deliver the package tomorrow.
The package will be delivered tomorrow.
She had never seen such a beautiful sunset before.
It was the most beautiful sunset she had ever seen.
We didn’t bring a map, so we got lost.
If we had brought a map, we wouldn’t have gotten lost.
He studied a lot, but he didn’t pass the exam.
Although he studied a lot, he didn’t pass the exam.
"Don’t touch that!” she warned us.
She warned us not to touch that.
A new shopping mall is being built downtown.
They are building a new shopping mall downtown
By the time we arrived, the concert had already started.
The concert had already started before we arrived.
He didn’t study, so he failed the exam.
If he had studied, he wouldn’t have failed the exam.
As he hadn’t behaved himself, his parents got angry with him.
His parents got angry with him because he hadn’t behaved himself.
“Where did you buy that dress?” she asked me.
She asked me where I had bought that dress.
The documents had been sent before the deadline.
They had sent the documents before the deadline.