Category: Verb Usage
Verb Usage: Present simple vs. present progressive
Posted by 11trees | Mar 22, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
Verb Usage: Future Verb Options
Posted by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
Verb Usage: Simple past vs. present perfect
Posted by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
Verb Usage: Present perfect progressive vs. presen...
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Verb Usage: Subject-verb agreement
Posted by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
Verb Tenses
by Alan Brooks | Feb 18, 2019 | Verb Usage | 0
One of the most difficult things for fledgling writers and English learners is verb tenses. Most...
Read MoreVerb Usage: Present simple vs. present progressive
by 11trees | Mar 22, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
In English, we use the present perfect to describe things that are happening currently. We use the present simple for habits and actions that are repeated frequently, and for states. These two tenses can be used together.
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by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
There are different purposes for writing about the future, and different verb types are used for these different purposes. Be careful to think about the reason behind your writing about the future, and choose the tense which both effectively communicates that reason.
Read MoreVerb Usage: Simple past vs. present perfect
by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
Both of these tenses are used to focus on the past, but the meaning is different. The simple past is used to describe things in the past that are completed and happened at a known time, while the present perfect is used to describe: 1) things that happened in the past at an unknown or nonspecific time, and 2) things that began in the past and have continued until the present.
Read MoreVerb Usage: Present perfect progressive vs. present progressive
by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Verb Usage | 0
These two tenses have some overlap in use, but a difference in emphasis. Present perfect focuses on what has been completed, while present perfect progressive emphasizes that the action has not yet been completed.
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