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Second conditional worksheet

January 27, 2013 -

The second conditional is used to talk about unreal situations and their imaginary results. Complete the following sentences using appropriate second conditional forms of the… Continue reading

Some discourse markers

January 26, 2013 -

Let me see, well, you know etc Expressions of this kind are often used when the speaker needs time to think. ‘How much are you… Continue reading

Short answers

January 25, 2013 -

Short answers are often grammatically incomplete because we do not usually repeat the words that have just been said. A typical short answer pattern is… Continue reading

Short answers exercise

January 24, 2013 -

Short answers are normally constructed with subject and auxiliary verb. Other words in the question are usually omitted in short answers. In affirmative short answers,… Continue reading

Teaching the present continuous tense

January 23, 2013 -

If you are an ESL teacher you should know how difficult it is to teach tenses. Teaching the present continuous tense immediately after teaching the… Continue reading