1. I will be 17 years old next year.
2. I would be 17 years old next year.
(Is #2 corect? When can we use 'would'?)
3. The river runs south.
4. The river flows south.
(Are both OK?)
5. We have dinner when she arrives.
6. We will have dinner when she
arrives.
(Which one is right? Are both grammatical?)
7. He has been chatting with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
8. He has chat with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
(Are both grammatical? What is the difference between 7 and 8?)
for your first question, we use would as a past tense.
1. I will be 17 years old next year.
2. I would be 17 years old next year.
(Is #2 corect? When can we use 'would'?)
#1 is most often used; you'd be referring to your age on your NEXT birthday. #2 is not commonly used.
3. The river runs south.
4. The river flows south.
(Are both OK?)
Yes, bot are OK; #3 is more common.
5. We have dinner when she arrives.
6. We will have dinner when she
arrives.
(Which one is right? Are both grammatical?)
Both are grammatical, but #5 is the one to use most often since you are referring to a future event.
7. He has been chatting with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
8. He has chat with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
(Are both grammatical? What is the difference between 7 and 8?)
#7 is perfect. #8 is not correct unless you use "chatted" for the main verb (past tense).
Sorry -- "both" not "bot" for #3!!
#6 is the one to use, not #5.
7. He has been chatting with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
8. He has chatted with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour.
(Thank you. What is the difference between the two?)
#7 means he started chatting a while ago and is still chatting.
#8 implies that he chatted with the foreigner for an hour, but has now stopped. However, this and #7 could mean the same thing!
As for "would" it is Conditional and usually implies an "if" clause. I would do that IF I could.
Actually, I'd use #6 and not #5 = we will or we'll for Future tense.
Sra
1. Yes, "I will be 17 years old next year" is correct. It indicates a future event or action that will happen next year.
2. "I would be 17 years old next year" is not grammatically correct in this context. "Would" is commonly used for hypothetical or conditional situations, not for stating a future fact. Instead, it would be more appropriate to use "will" to express something that is certain to happen.
3. Both "The river runs south" and "The river flows south" are correct. Both phrases convey the same meaning, indicating the directional movement of the river towards the south.
4. Both sentences are grammatically correct and convey the same meaning. "Runs" and "flows" are synonyms in this context, describing the movement of the river.
5. Both "We have dinner when she arrives" and "We will have dinner when she arrives" are grammatically correct. The choice between the present simple tense and future simple tense depends on whether you are referring to a scheduled event or a plan for the future.
6. "We will have dinner when she arrives" is more commonly used in this context. It suggests that the dinner plan is specifically scheduled for when she arrives. However, using the present simple tense ("have") can also be appropriate if having dinner when she arrives is a regular or habitual practice.
7. "He has been chatting with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour" is grammatically correct. It describes an ongoing action that started in the past and is still in progress at the time of speaking.
8. "He has chat with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour" is not grammatically correct. Instead, it should be "He has been chatting with a foreigner in a chatroom for an hour" to maintain consistency with the present perfect continuous tense used in sentence 7. The correct sentence describes an ongoing action that started in the past and continues into the present.