English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that started in the past and are still going on. The time expressions since and for are common with this tense form....
Exercise 9 Since and for The time expressions since and for indicate the duration of an action. We use for to say how long something lasts. It has been raining for two hours. The...
Some English verbs are not normally used in the continuous form. Most of them refer to states rather than actions. Some of them refer to thoughts and emotions (think, believe, know). Some others refer...
Interact with English Workbook Unit 1 Solutions – Verb forms Exercise 5 There was a burglary in your neighbourhood. You saw something suspicious. Tell the police officer all about it by filling in the...
The simple past tense is used to talk about finished actions in the past. The past continuous tense is used to say that something was going on at a particular past time. I watched TV...
We use the simple past tense to talk about short, quickly finished actions in the past. The simple past tense can also be used to talk about repeated events and longer situations. Note that...
When we add the prefixes un-, im- and dis- to adjectives, verbs or nouns, we get their opposites. Study the examples given below: Polite x impolite Kind x unkind Able x unable Like x...
Using the prefixes un-, im- and dis- Read the following Able x unable Like x dislike Kind x unkind Possible x impossible When we add the prefixes un-, im- or dis- to adjectives, we...
Exercise 2 Simple present and present perfect tense Use the simple present tense to talk about facts, general truths and habits. Use the present perfect tense to talk about an action or situation that...
We use the past perfect tense to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about. It is common after verbs of saying and thinking. I told her that...