GRAMMAR EXERCISES – IF-CLAUSES
English Grammar Exercises on If-Clauses to practice how to express conditions, doubts and make hypothesis.
To learn how to distinguish which verb tenses apply and how to implement them correctly.
Tag: Intermediate English Grammar
COMPARING ITALIAN AND ENGLISH VERBS – PART 2
These charts provide a quick comparison between Italian and English verb tenses and modes; they may be useful to keep at hand at all times since they allow you to find immediately the right type of translation you may need depending on the type of sentence or expression.
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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.
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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”.
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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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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Present Perfect Simple: a mind boggling verb tense for Italians, it’s actually less complicated than it might appear. Just think out of the box: it’s not how recent the past action has taken place, but wether it has effects on the present as well.
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REPORTED SPEECH – Video Lesson n. 2
This secon video lesson on Reported Speech is part of the Intermediate English Grammar, or second year course for Italian Liceo Linguistico and it explains the topic more in detail. … Continue reading REPORTED SPEECH – Video Lesson n. 2
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REPORTED SPEECH – Video Lesson n. 1 – Introduction to Reported Speech
This first video lesson on Reported Speech is part of the Intermediate English Grammar, or second year course for Italian Liceo Linguistico. As I always recommend in class, a good … Continue reading REPORTED SPEECH – Video Lesson n. 1 – Introduction to Reported Speech
