Was and were are used for the past. (To be precise: in the past simple, and also in the past progressive tense.) Now we’ll talk about was and were only in the past simple, so that means was and were are the only verbs in your sentence. This is really easy. When to Use You… Continue reading Easy Grammar: Was and Were
Matt Wharton Today you’re going to learn about how to request things with a command, and then adding will you or could you at the end. They look like this: Send me the email before 5 pm, will you? Buy some bread on your way home, could you? You may have noticed that the will… Continue reading Requests with Will You and Could You
This week was International Women’s Day. As I’m a great feminist, here are some jokes about men and women. All you need to do is fill in the prepositions. Prepositions are little words that indicate position or relationship. Here are some: In, on, for, of, to, after, before, under, next to, between, until, by, at,… Continue reading Prepositions Blast
Now that you’re still fresh into the new year, let’s practise your spelling with some irregular plurals. This lesson is about words that end in Y. These get -ies in the plural (for more than one). Exception to the Rule: There’s only one exception to the rule and that is that July in the plural… Continue reading Plurals with -ies (for words ending in Y)
Easy Grammar! I’m writing this newsletter now. This is what I’m doing now. What are you doing? You’re reading this. You probably know the grammar of these sentences: I’m writing You’re writing She’s writing He’s writing It’s writing Etc. If this looks mysterious to you, have a look here. This is present progressive tense. Some… Continue reading Present Progressive (Continuous) for the Future
You might know some examples where you asked yourself: “Do I need to use make or do?” At the end of this article I’m adding links to some quizzes about make or do. But now we’ll talk about make or take. This week I heard someone make a mistake with make and take. Instead of take… Continue reading Expressions with Make or Take
“Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.” Princess Diana For things that you can count, you can say: a number of. If you can’t count it, you can speak about an amount of something. Examples with Number of and Amount of Here are some examples: A number of trees were lining… Continue reading The Difference Between Number of and Amount of
What’s Your Name? I’m Jacqueline This is easy Grammar! Last time we talked about present simple with to be, and you can also check this article about present simple with other verbs. Now the difficult thing for lots of English learners is to put the two together. Can you use both present simple with to… Continue reading Simple Present with Questions, including To Be and Other Verbs
This is Easy Grammar I’ve written some articles about how to use present simple. Now you also need to understand present simple with the verb be. Some English learners think that when I say: I’m a teacher, I’m using the present progressive. But that’s not right, as I’m not using a verb with –ing. I’m… Continue reading Present Simple with the verb to be: I’m Jacqueline. Who are you?
By Jacqueline Schaalje Fly Flew – Katmary A student of mine asked me for a list of common verbs, with their past forms, because he keeps getting confused. Here is the list that I made for him. You could find this useful too. Common verbs that are regular: Present Past Talk Talked Walk Walked Work… Continue reading Word List of Common Verbs – Present and Past Forms
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