by Martin Burke | Feb 18, 2025 | Everyday grammar
‘Try doing’ or ‘Try to do’? Knowing when to use the gerund or infinitive after ‘helping’ verbs. Helping verbs (also known as auxiliary or linking verbs) are followed by a main verb in either the infinitive form (with or without “to”) or in the...
by Martin Burke | Nov 26, 2024 | Everyday grammar
Welcome back, language learners! Today, we’ll unravel the mystery of adverb placement in English. These little words—quickly, often, always, already—can transform a sentence, but knowing where to put them isn’t always straightforward. This blog will explain the rules...
by Martin Burke | Nov 25, 2024 | Everyday grammar
Welcome back, English learners! In this sixth and final instalment of our blog series, we’re diving into two tenses that often confuse learners: Simple Past and Past Perfect Simple. Both are used to talk about the past, but they do so in different ways. Understanding...
by Martin Burke | Nov 25, 2024 | Everyday grammar
Welcome back, language adventurers! In this fifth instalment of our tense-exploration series, we’re tackling a matchup that even advanced learners find tricky: Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous). Both tenses share a similar structure...
by Martin Burke | Nov 25, 2024 | Everyday grammar
Welcome back to our series on taming English tenses! If you’ve ever felt like time traveling in English is more confusing than figuring out how time machines work in movies, you’re not alone. In this, the second blog in this series, we’re diving into the Past Simple...
by Martin Burke | Nov 25, 2024 | Everyday grammar
Learning English can feel like trying to fit square pegs into round holes—especially when it comes to tenses. In the first of a series of blogs about tenses which are often confused, we look at two of the most frequently confused, which are the Present Simple and the...
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