MODAL VERBS – part 2
MODAL VERBS part 2: WILL-WOULD, SHALL-SHOULD, MUST – OUGHT TO (HAVE TO – NEED TO).
Mastering them is an important step towards mastering the language.
Tag: English Grammar
MODAL VERBS – part 1
MODAL VERBS: MAY – MIGHT and CAN – COULD.
Mastering them is crucial to learning English.
THE NOUN
Basic English 1 – THE NOUN
A brief overview of the most important basic rules to master the use of nouns in English.
THE ARTICLE
Basic English 1 – THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINTE ARTICLES
Simple slides to meaningful knowledge for beginners’ English learners. You can read through them, take your own notes, or copy them down (which I strongly recommend to learn in a quicker and more solid way). There’s even a very short audio with different pronunciations that are useful.
THE FUTURE
The Four Different Verb Tenses to speak about future actions:
1. Will/Shall
2. Be going to
3. Present Continuous
4. Present Simple
THE PASSIVE FORM
The Passive Form –
The subject in the passive sentence receives the action and always needs the verb TO BE followed by the past participle of the main verb.
REPORTED SPEECH – part 2
It’s easier than you think, a quick and brief guide to master Reported Speech. Needless to say that practice is also essential.
REPORTED SPEECH – part 1
It’s easier than you think, a quick and brief guide to master Reported Speech. Needless to say that practice is also essential.
IF-CLAUSES OR CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
If-Clauses or Conditional Sentences are used to express doubts, conditions or hypothesis. This post outlines the most important aspects to learn them thoroughly and it provides easy tips and charts to apply them quickly.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
And after the Present Perfect it’s time to learn to use the Past Perfect Simple and Continuous.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS: THE DURATION FORM
The Duration Form is the last piece of the puzzling present perfect tenses. It’s meant to stress the effects that an action starting in the past has on the present, it can be stressed from the starting point with “Since”, or how long it lasts with “For”.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
If you want to be taken seriously when communicating you must polish your language. Here is a good way to show off your skills.
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