вЂњThe telephone rang for some time before I answered it.вЂќД«ut IвЂ™m pretty sure you CANвЂ™T say вЂњThe telephone was ringing several timesвЂ¦вЂќ вЂњThe telephone was ringing for some time before I answered it.вЂќ вЂњThe telephone had rung several times before I answered it.вЂќ (Or вЂњвЂ¦by the time I answered it.вЂќ) вЂњThe telephone rang several times before I answered it.вЂќ when weвЂ™ve finished a big job we would probably say вЂњWeвЂ™ve done it,вЂќ but some of my US friends would say вЂњWe did it!вЂќ I donвЂ™t know if thatвЂ™s considered right or wrong in the US, but perhaps you do. In the UK, we occasionally use the simple past to function as the perfect, but not as much, and e.g. Please note, IвЂ™m not suggesting anything or anyone is right or wrong! IвЂ™m just saying that usage seems to vary.

From here, вЂњThe bell already rangвЂќ doesnвЂ™t really make sense: if itвЂ™s already, then thereвЂ™s an ongoing effect or change of situation, and it should be the perfect tense: вЂњThe bell HAS already RUNG.вЂќД«ut IвЂ™ve noticed that at least some people from the US quite often use the simple past for this. However, thatвЂ™s from a British perspective. it was too early to get our lunch, but now that the bell has rung we should join the lunch line), the вЂproperвЂ™ tense for this is the perfect tense (in one of its forms): вЂњThe bell has rung,вЂќ or вЂњThe bell has been rung,вЂќ or вЂњHas the cook rung the bell yet?вЂќ When the action changes the situation (e.g. itвЂ™s now too late, or weвЂ™re now in lunch time, or (as opposed to вЂњthe bell rang occasionally, or at some point in the past, or just now, but without any change of situation).

If the bell has already rung, that not only means that the event has happened, but that there is an ongoing effect, e.g. вЂ¦it seems to illustrate a possible conflict between what is вЂcorrectвЂ™ and a form used fairly commonly in the US. Re: вЂњThe bell already rang.вЂќ To me, a Brit, that doesnвЂ™t work, butвЂ¦ Were you aware that the phone rang this morning? By tomorrow, they will have rung the bell ten times to get the studentsвЂ™ attention.ДҐ. She had rung the bell three times before I was near enough to hear it.Д¤. We rang the bell, but no one answered the door.ДЈ. He rings the bell to get the studentsвЂ™ attention.Дў. Were you aware that the phone this morning?ДЎ. By tomorrow, they will have the bell ten times to get the studentsвЂ™ attention.ДҐ. She had the bell three times before I was near enough to hear it.Д¤. We the bell, but no one answered the door.ДЈ. He the bell to get the studentsвЂ™ attention.Дў. She would have rung the bell sooner if she had known they were leaving today.ДЎ. I would have rung the bell sooner if I had known they were leaving today. If they donвЂ™t answer the door soon, she will have rung the bell twice since this morning. If they donвЂ™t answer the door soon, I will have rung the bell twice since this morning. The past participle also includes the auxiliary verb have, has,В or hadВ depending on whether it is in the present, past, future, or conditional perfect. The past participle of ringВ changes the central vowel to u. They rang their bike bells when they approached the park. The simple past tense of ringВ changes the central vowel to an a.

They ring their bike bells when they approach the park. Like standard verbs, ring has no change of form or vowel in the present tense. Ring conjugates as ring (present tense), rang (simple past), and rung (past participle). In verb conjugation, a regular verb follows a simple, predictable pattern, such as print (present tense), printed (simple past), and printed (past particle): I print, you printed, and they have printed.ДЄn irregular verb is one that forms its simple past tense and past participle with a non-standard pattern.

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