Sage-Tips

Do you use past tense after almost?

*ALMOST is an adverb, it will be used with a past tense verb if we are talking about a past event. OR it used with the verb to be if it’s describing a situation. This often uses an adjective or adverb.

Where do we use almost?

Almost and nearly both mean `not completely’ or `not quite’. They can be used in front of adjectives or noun phrases, or with verbs. Dinner is almost ready. We’re nearly ready now.

How do you use almost complete in a sentence?

Example sentences almost complete

• The process of re-recording the two tracks that charted was fairly painless because the songs were almost complete.
• An east-west coast-to-coast electric highway is almost complete.
• Or, indeed, the almost complete lack of it.

What is the difference between almost and most?

Most dogs have tails. That’s the most awesome song on the album. Almost is used to convey the idea of something nearly completed or close to being finished: One can say “Most dogs have tails,” but not “Most dog have tails” or “Most dog have a tail.” Apart from surgery or mutilation, dog is not divisible.

Is almost a present tense?

Your examples with “almost” and the present tense are grammatically correct, but rather strange as to meaning. You can easily use it in a present tense narrative: I almost score a goal, but the ball flies just past the goalpost. I almost win the race, but my friend beats me to it.

Has and had difference?

‘Has’ is the third person singular present tense of ‘have’ while ‘had’ is the third person singular past tense and past participle of ‘have. ‘ 2. Both are transitive verbs, but ‘has’ is used in sentences that talk about the present while ‘had’ is used in sentences that talk about the past.

Is almost completed correct?

“I have almost completed the race, there are only 500m to go.” (The tense names give these two away – “almost completed” is past tense, “have almost completed” is present perfect.)

Is Almost Finished correct?

BEFORE a noun, “almost-finished’ is better, since it emphasizes that ‘almost’ is qualifying ‘finished’, not ‘report’. Not important in this case, but compare ‘longest living animal’ with ‘longest-living animal’. “I am attaching an almost-finished version of the report”. “almost finished” is not correct in this case.

How do you use had best instead of had better?

Sometimes people say had best instead of had better, especially in informal speaking. This sounds slightly less strong and less direct: You’d best leave it till Monday. There’s no one in the office today. I’d better not leave my bag there. Someone might steal it.

What is the difference between ‘most’ and ‘almost’?

Almost means “nearly” / “not complete”.It is used before verbs/adverbs. (Itself is an adverb). Almost shows approximation while Most projects the majority. When using almost all before nouns it will give the same meaning as that of Most

What is the difference between nearly and almost in grammar?

“Nearly” is modifiable: e.g. “not nearly”, “very nearly”, whereas “almost” is not. Almost has to do with the quantity and Nearly has to do with distance . I.e., When almost modifies a verb, it normally goes before that verb

How do you use almost in a sentence?

I almost wish I hadn’t offered to pay his fine. We use almost before any and before negative words such as no, none, never, nobody, nothing. We don’t use nearly in this way: Using this special software, you can find the history of almost any building. They’ve almost no confidence that they can use the new phone properly.