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.

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 …

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 can refer to the …

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 sentences.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Jun 17, 2019 · 0 "Not the first time" can be used in any tense. If a future US president were to suspend Habes Corpus it would not be the first time this has been done. When I leave home tomorrow, it will …

Sep 9, 2023 · There's no mistake in using "for the first time" in a sentence "doing something for the first time". In the first sentence the placement of "only" is rather odd. "Only" tends to creep forward: "I'm …