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
By Jacqueline Schaalje This is fresh from my Teaching lab! Talking to students about room and rooms, and time and times, I realized that they didn’t always understand what I meant. And the reason is that these words can have different meanings, which can be confusing. Maybe you have this problem too, so let’s have… Continue reading Problems with Time and Room
By Jacqueline Schaalje In this article we’ll try to sort out present perfect and past simple. You can use both present perfect and past simple to say something about the past: 1. I spoke with Barney last week. (past simple) 2. I’ve just spoken to my mother. (present perfect) The Difference Between the Two The… Continue reading Grammar Quiz – Overview of Present Perfect and Past Simple
Here is a nice little exercise for you. You should fill in the connectors “and,” “but,” and the relative pronouns “who,” “which” or “that.” Sounds easier than it is, but hopefully you’ll manage with this explanation: And – add new information to your sentence. But – add a contrast to your sentence. A contrast is something… Continue reading Using Connectors and Relative Pronouns: Who, Which, That, And and But
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