. We’re halfway through November. The autumn leaves have fallen, and winter is fast approaching. The year 2015 is almost over, and we just have a month or so before the new year begins. Do you have anything that you want to accomplish by the end of the year? Are you working on a task… Read more »
The Simple Present and the Present Progressive/Continuous are the first two tenses that you learn when you first start studying English. Because of this, many students who have been studying English for a long time don’t want to practice them anymore because they think these tenses are too easy. Unfortunately, even advanced students can have a… Read more »
If you haven’t checked out our lessons on the present perfect or the present perfect progressive, as well as the past perfect or the past perfect progressive, go there first to BRUSH UP (review) on these tenses. For this lesson, we’re going to CONTRAST (show the differences between) the present and past perfect tenses to clarify them even… Read more »
Consider this sentence: Sue is such a fun person to be with, but I think Jim is more fun than Sue. However, I think Ted is the most fun. We don’t say “funner than” or “the funnest” although these are apparently slowly becoming acceptable. This is because English is a living language and continuous to… Read more »
Like the present perfect, the present perfect progressive connects the past with the present. However, the progressive tense focuses more on the action or activity of the main verb, while the present perfect presents the sentence more as a fact. In addition, the present perfect progressive is almost always used with for (to convey duration),… Read more »
The present perfect has a couple of uses, and if you understand the ways it is used, remember them, and practice, you’re on your way to mastering this tense. First, you should know the structure. The present perfect uses “have” or “has” as an auxiliary verb and the past participle as a main… Read more »
First, be sure to review our small lesson on the past perfect. Once you understand how to use the past perfect, the past perfect progressive shouldn’t be too difficult. Like the past perfect, the past perfect progressive occurs before the past tense. The progressive or “ing” form means that we’re focusing on an activity that was… Read more »
The past perfect can be challenging for some English learners. It can be tough to figure out exactly when or how to use it. But it’s really not very difficult. Basically, the past perfect tense occurs before the past tense and is usually used when you tell a story that happened in the past. When… Read more »
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Alright everyone, here’s our first post of Grammar2Remember. Let’s brush up on our use of the second conditional. BRUSH UP – review There are a few things to keep in mind about the second conditional: It talks about the present or the future. It talks about an unreal possibility or option, which means what… Read more »
