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Past simple and past continuous

Present continuous and 'going to' Verb patterns The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' Comparatives and superlatives The present perfect with 'just', ...
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Sentence grammar: Past, present or future tense

Woman in red cardigan: People do get their tenses of a verb confused. Making sure that the verb is in the same tense all the way through a document or a letter or an email. If you read it to yourself ...
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Using the present continuous tense for a habit

Tense is a very important aspect of English grammar. It is central to an inspiring handling of the language. I hope you will agree with me that the errors that cause the worst embarrassment are among ...
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Present perfect or past simple?

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learningenglish@bbc.co.uk 1. We can use both present perfect and past ...
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Past simple and past continuous

Present continuous and 'going to' The zero and first conditionals Modals of deduction and speculation The past perfect Adjectives and adverbs The third conditional Linking devices: cause and effect ...