articles - “A first time” or “the first time” - English Language ...
Jan 1, 2016 · This is my first time in London. A first time is rare. It can be used in when referring to the concept of doing something for the first time, with no specific thing in mind. There's a first time for everything. When referring to a specific circumstance that is encountered for the first time, you can say a first (for me).
grammaticality - Tense when saying "This is the first time I"
Nov 1, 2017 · This is the first time I ate sushi. (This was the first time I had sushi) the past is used since it is something you have already done, even if only a few moments ago. To say. This is the first time... That was the first time... the action would have had to have been completed. This is the first time I heard that expression.
prepositions - On the first time or at the first time - English ...
Feb 16, 2020 · "For the first time" is a phrase that makes sense, and "the first time I entered the room" is a phrase that makes sense, but "for the first time I entered the room" doesn't make sense to me. – Sophie Swett
Tense when saying "This is the first time" you've been somewhere
That is the first time, I have been to New York. Situation 2: You are going to New York in the next month. You are talking to somebody about it in present. The correct tense would be then:-This will be the first time, I will be going to New York.
present perfect - This is the first time + continuous - English ...
"This is the first time I am driving a car" sounds unnatural to me. The standard construction for this is "This is the first time I have driven a car", though it's possible to use a present progressive form if we change the order: "Wow! I'm driving a car for the first time".
What tense should come after "It was the first time"
Dec 24, 2019 · This is the first time I've eaten lobster. This is the first time he's seen a homeless person. There is no particular point in the past that you're referring to. Rather, you're referring to the entire period preceding the present. When you write. That was the first time he had seen a homeless person. you are referring to the entire period of ...
phrase usage - It is my first time to VERB or VERB-ing - English ...
Oct 19, 2014 · It was my first time to get to see any celebrity in person. Note the following examples. It was my first time to ride a horse (Here i think you expressing your feeling before you actually rode the horse) But when you say. It was my first time riding a horse (Here i think you expressing your feeling when you have ridden the horse)
prepositions - the first time vs. for the first time - English …
Jan 4, 2015 · Coming here for the first time, I got lost. But maybe here it is also okay to drop the preposition. From the grammar standpoint, "for the first time" is an adverbial prepositional phrase: it modifies the verb to come as a adverb would do. It serves as an "adverbial complement to the verb came" (in your example sentence).
At/for the first time - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Dec 24, 2016 · I wouldn't expect at to be present at all in never as much fun as it was the first time. I realise at least some of the claimed 115,000 instances of as it was the first time will be for the sense as = since, but a good proportion will match the current context. And there are only 5 instances of as it was at the first time. –
present perfect - This is the first time vs. This is the last time ...
Mar 4, 2015 · Why do we use the present perfect with This is the first time, but the present simple/continuous with This is the last time, i.e. This is the first time I have done it. vs. This is the last time I do/am doing it. In both sentences, I see a connection from past to present and using the present perfect makes sense.