Future Perfect The Future Perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and use. The Future Perfect talks about the past in the future. How do we make the Future Perfect tense? The structure of the Future Perfect tense is: subject + auxiliary verb WILL + auxiliary verb HAVE + main verb invariable invariable past participle will have V3 … Read more
Future Continuous The Future Continuous tense is often used in English as a way to talk about something happening at a given point in the future. How do we make the Future Continuous tense? The structure of the Future Continuous tense is: subject + auxiliary verb WILL + auxiliary verb BE + main verb invariable invariable present … Read more
Future Simple The Future Simple tense is often called the “will tense” because we make the Future Simple with the modal auxiliary will. How do we make the Future Simple tense? The structure of the Future Simple tense is: subject + auxiliary will + main verb invariable base will V1 For negative sentences in the Future Simple tense, we … Read more
Past Perfect Continuous The Past Perfect Continuous is another tense that expresses the “past in the past”. In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Past Perfect Continuous tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding. Note that continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. So the Past Perfect Continuous tense is sometimes called the Past Perfect Progressive tense. How … Read more
Past Perfect The Past Perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and to use. This tense talks about the “past in the past”. In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Past Perfect tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding. How do we make the Past Perfect tense? The structure of the Past … Read more
Past Continuous The Past Continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past. In this lesson we look at the structure and the use of the Past Continuous tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding. Note that continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. … Read more
Past Simple The Past Simple tense is sometimes called the “preterite tense”. We can use several tenses and forms to talk about the past, but the Past Simple tense is the one we use most often. In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Past Simple tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding. How do … Read more
Present Perfect Continuous The Present Perfect Continuous uses two auxiliary verbs together with a main verb. In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Present Perfect Continuous tense, as well as the use of for and since, followed by a quiz to check your understanding. Note that continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. So the Present Perfect Continuous tense is sometimes called the Present Perfect … Read more
Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the Present Perfect is very simple. The problems come with the use of the tense. … Read more
Present Continuous Tense (also called Present Progressive) We often use the Present Continuous tense in English. It is very different from the Present Simple tense, both in structure and in use. How do we make the Present Continuous tense? The structure of the Present Continuous tense is: subject + auxiliary be + main verb conjugated in Present Simple am, are, … Read more