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Category Archives: Grammar
Future tenses – part one
English students learn WILL for Future Tense and they often don’t know that native speakers also use Present Continuous and Present Simple when they are talking and writing about the future. As a result, students overuse WILL. Look at the following … Continue reading
Present Perfect Tense – Part 2
First, read Present Perfect Tense – Part 1, posted on November 3, 2013. ********************* Second, look at this conversation: 7pm Peter: Hi Mum. What’s for dinner? Mother: I haven’t started to cook it yet. You said that you were going … Continue reading
Present Perfect Tense – Part 1
FORM (have / has + past participle) Look at these sentences: Leo’s English improved when he started a course at Langports English College. His English is improving. His English has improved since he started at Langports. The first sentence gives … Continue reading
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Past Simple Tense & Past Continuous Tense
We use Past Simple Tense to describe something which started and finished in the past: Bachir played soccer last Wednesday. Bachir hurt his leg last Wednesday. Bachir stayed at home on Thursday and Friday. I taught Past Continuous Tense to … Continue reading
A Song with Relative Clauses: (#4) Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
Songs are often short stories about a singer’s life. They usually use every-day language to describe the past, present, and/or future and so are valuable learning tools for students of English. The following song, Counting Stars, by One Republic … Continue reading
Conditionals: Second
The rules for Second Conditional are not difficult, but students don’t always know when to use it. The important thing to remember is that we use Second Conditional when talking about HYPOTHETICAL situations. If you spoke perfect English, you wouldn’t … Continue reading
A Song containing Relative Clauses – by Shakira: #3
SHAKIRA sings a song called “You’re the One” which contains several Relative Clauses. They are highlighted in bold in the lyrics below. A Relative Clause is a part of a sentence which contains (at least one) Independent Clause and (at least … Continue reading
A Song with ‘going to’ (gonna) for future predictions / Present Continuous for future
*We OFTEN use BE + going to + base infinitive for Future Plans (see my post April 8, 2013). When we use BE + going to + base infinitive, it often sounds like ‘gonna‘ + base infinitive. You see ‘gonna‘ written a … Continue reading
Improve your use of English Prepositions – with Pictures
The OWL at Purdue is a valuable and easy-to-use site for English students. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/2/ This link will take you to four pages on Prepositions with very helpful pictures which show you the meaning. When you get to the bottom of the … Continue reading
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