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Using the past perfect tense

July 17, 2012 pdf

Many ESL students have problems with the past perfect tense simply because they don’t know how to use it. The past perfect is perhaps the… Continue reading

Reported speech: backshifting

July 16, 2012 pdf

Present tenses in the direct speech will become past tenses in the indirect speech. This change in tense is often called backshifting. Study the following… Continue reading

Time expressions: as and while

July 14, 2012 pdf

Both while and as can be used to talk about a longer background action that was in progress when something else happened. We discussed his… Continue reading

How to form negative verb forms

July 13, 2012 pdf

Negative verb forms are made by putting not after an auxiliary verb. If there are two auxiliary verbs, not goes after the first. She has… Continue reading

Using to and for

July 11, 2012 pdf

The preposition to has many uses. To can mean towards or in the direction of. We went to the market. Let’s walk to the station.… Continue reading

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