Form Affirmative Interrogative Negative I was reading. Was I reading? I was not reading. She was writing. Was she writing? She was not writing. They… Continue reading
Difference between past continuous and past perfect continuous tenses
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Time prepositions
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Time prepositions On Use on with days. I met him on Friday. My birthday is on May 18th. We are having a small party on… Continue reading
Time indicated by modal auxiliary verbs
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The words will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, must and ought to are called modal auxiliary verbs. Sometimes the verbs dare and need… Continue reading
Sequence of tenses: when the main clause is in the past tense
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Sometimes the time expressed in the main clause is different from the time expressed in a subordinate clause. This can confuse ESL students because they… Continue reading
Changing a sentence into the passive voice when the active verb is in the simple future tense
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We make simple future tense forms by putting will / shall before the base form (infinitive) of the verb. I will finish the job tomorrow.… Continue reading