Everyday Grammar – ‘I Haven’t Done’ or ‘I Haven’t Been Doing?’
Mastering English grammar involves understanding subtle differences between similar structures. Today, we focus on the negative forms of the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Progressive tenses, highlighting their distinct uses. Present Perfect Simple:...
Everyday Grammar – A Question of Questions
Forming questions in English can be tricky, especially for those who are used to other languages where sentence structure remains static, even in interrogative forms. Understanding the rules of question formation is crucial to mastering fluent and natural-sounding...
“Would” – A Versatile Word: Exploring Its Meanings and Applications
Talking about ‘would’ – one of the most frequently used words in the English language.
This is how we say it – use ‘and’ before an infinitive to sound more natural
Learners of English are taught that we use the preposition ‘to’ with the infinitive after certain verbs, for example… ‘I like to know’, ‘I need to talk’, ‘I want to go’, etc. This is certainly the case in formal English. However, there are five verbs where, in...
How to pronounce ‘the’ like a native English speaker – ‘thuh’ or ‘thee’?
Looking at why we sometimes change the pronunciation of ‘the’…
Everyday grammar – how to use the word ‘still’
This is how we position the adverb ‘still’ in a sentence…
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