Present Tenses To Talk About Future
When we talk about future events which have already been planned or decided, or which we can see are on the way, we often use present tenses. The present continuous The present continuous is used mostly...
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Present Continuous Tense Form And Uses
Form Affirmative I am writing. She is writing. You are writing. Negative I am not writing. She is not writing. You are not writing. Question Am I writing? Is she writing? Are you writing?...
Present Perfect Tense With Definite Time Adverbs
In traditional grammar books you may have read that the present perfect tense is not used with adverbs referring to definite periods of time. This is quite confusing. Although the present perfect tense is not usually used with...
Present Perfect Tense Form And Uses
Form Affirmative I have written She has written. You have written. Negative I have not written. She has not written. You have not written. Question Have I written? Has she written? Have you written?...
Present Perfect Continuous Tense Form And Uses
Form Affirmative I have been writing She has been writing. You have been writing. Negative I have not been writing. She has not been writing. You have not been writing. Interrogative Have I been...
How To Use The Present Perfect Tense Correctly?
The present perfect tense generally represents an action which has been completed within a period of time that extends up to the present. Have you seen him this morning? Have you seen him today? I have never seen him before. We have endured his tyranny for...
Correct Use Of The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The present perfect continuous tense shows that an action started in the past, has continued up to the present and is still continuing. Alice has been knitting a sweater since morning. Scientists have been planning a manned mission to...
Prepositions At The End Of Clauses
Prepositions at the end of clauses A preposition often connects two things – a noun, adjective or verb that comes before it and a noun phrase or pronoun (prepositional object) that comes after it. He was...
Prepositions | Some Points To Remember
Using prepositions correctly presents special problems for people whose first language is not English. That’s because so many prepositional phrases are idiomatic: They have evolved through use and do not necessarily make logical sense....
Prepositions Common Mistakes
In this lesson we will learn about some common mistakes in the use of prepositions. Incorrect: This is my first time to see a movie since a long time. Correct: I haven’t seen a movie for...
