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Grammar

I was hoping someone can tell me the tenses for the following

The city is polluted
I tried to shout
I tried shouting
He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew
They must have gone out
They might have gone out

Thank you
  

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The city is polluted. ( simple present tense in passive form ) I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence ) I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund ) He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew. ( simple past, " that he was the Queen's nephew " is a noun clause ) They must have gone out ( the third conditional case ) They might have gone out ( the third conditional case ) eg.

— Whl626

  • The city is polluted.
  • ( simple present tense in passive form ) I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence ) I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund ) He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew.
  • ( simple past, " that he was the Queen's nephew " is a noun clause ) They must have gone out ( the third conditional case ) They might have gone out ( the third conditional case ) eg.
  • I couldn't reach them by phone, they must ( might ) have gone out.
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The city is polluted. ( simple present tense in passive form )

I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence )

I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund )

He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew. ( simple past, " that he was the Queen's nephew " is a noun clause )

They must have gone out ( the third conditional case )
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