present perfect - This is the first time vs. This is the last time ...
Mar 4, 2015 · This is the first time I've done it. One of the many uses of the perfect tenses is to talk about life experiences, which is why it is used here: talking about the first time doing it, the …
word choice - "First time in" or "first time to"? - English Language ...
Jan 4, 2017 · 0 "Is this your first time to Sydney?" sounds flatly wrong to me, a 64-year-old native speaker of American English. I suppose it could be acceptable in some other variants of …
grammar - The correct use of "for the first time/the first time ...
Oct 12, 2022 · With what tense should we use "for the first time" and "the first time"? I am confused, because some native speakers told me that I had to always use Present Perfect.
articles - “A first time” or “the first time” - English Language ...
Jan 1, 2016 · I am not sure what difference there is between This is the first time I've lost my passport. This is a first time I've lost my passport. Would appreciate your explanation.
What is the right verb form for "this is the first time ..."
May 31, 2021 · In other words, you have searched your past history of having received compliments and have concluded that the compliment on your handwriting is the first time you …
grammaticality - Tense when saying "This is the first time I"
Nov 1, 2017 · This is the first time I ate sushi. Since "this is the first time" is in the present perfect tense does the verb "ate" have to be in the present perfect tense also?
"It was the first time I did" or "It was the first time I do"?
To be totally correct, you should actually say, It was the first time I had done ____ which is the past perfect tense. However, you may also hear the simple past used, which is the first of your …
Tense when saying "This is the first time" you've been somewhere
In this case, you'd use the present-tense "first time I've been", but it's much more common to narrate this way when relating past events than when talking about future plans.
phrase usage - It is my first time to VERB or VERB-ing - English ...
From a sentence written by a student: It was my first time to visit China. It sounds wrong to me, but using visiting only sounds slightly better. Which one is correct?
prepositions - On the first time or at the first time - English ...
Feb 16, 2020 · I realized him on/at the first time I enter the room. Which preposition should I use “on” or “at” in sentence above or Does both have the same meaning?