Tricky question. I liked it.
It can happen bothways.
Opinion 1:
I consider that the pictures belong to some story/event. Storytelling is always in past because the event has happened. However, in some sentences, present tense may be used but that will be special cases. Overall, it'll be in past.
I quickly referred my daughter's text books and found that most of the questions are in past tense. Having said this, it'll be answered in past as well.
The pictures are just for the purpose of illustration and will make kids/the readers understand the scene/scenario and not the tense.
Opinion 2:
You may use the present tense if you are talking about that picture and asking it right now. The way 'find the differences between two pictures comes in newspapers and magazines'. If there's one single picture and it's not a story, you may put a present tense. That's because these questions are based on the picture and not the story. The picture is right in front of you and you are asking questions. The moment, the picture becomes a part of story, and is a kind of lesson you find in text book, it takes past tense to narrate, ask and answer.
I presume the reply has been sent/ visit has happened now, but I will answer anyway as it has been bumped by something.
This is a very clunky sentence. Lets start with the first half
I would be very happy if I could have such an opportunity to see you
in person
the "If I could have" is fine at the very start of a clause for example
"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I could have a moment of your time".
It is not okay in the middle, it stops the flow, I am going to get all poetic a sentence is a river it should flow smoothly downstream. That phrase is a huge bolder stopping the river flowing smoothly, it makes the talker/ reader have to manoeuvre around it.
How would i word this? I would replace that whole boulder with the simple phrase "for the"
I would be very happy for the opportunity to see you in person
So onto the second part
so please let me know whenever (if?) you will have a chance to visit
this area.
once again "you will have a chance" doesn't flow but this is ok in the current construct as the brackets are read as commas making it the start of a new clause.
Take the If out and try to read this clause out loud using a natural pace, "whenever you will have a chance" is quite a tongue twister.
So what would I say
so please let me know whenever you will be visiting the area
the word whenever implies it maybe not happening.
whenever
CONJUNCTION
1 At whatever time; on whatever occasion
(emphasizing a lack of restriction)
‘you can ask for help whenever you need it’
Hopefully somebody will be along to correct/ explain the grammar of it all.
Best Answer
Native speakers would typically say "I have never been here before" in this context.
You are talking about the place where you are currently, so here is correct. But the sentence "I have never been here" sounds self-contradictory: how can you have never been in the place where you are right now? Adding before restricts the "have never been" to the past and removes the contradiction.