Could anyone help me with making the sentence? Could anyone help me with making the sentence? I've written following sentence, but I'm not sure it's correct. "I remember very well when I learnt that there are twelve tenses in English, I was deeply shocked and couldn't say a word". Should I use "there are" (becouse it's a common fact) or "there were" (becouse I'm writing about the Past)? Thankful in advance!