I’m often asked how to learn English. Here is the advice I give. The free solution is to read and listen to English a lot. The more you do, the better you’ll get. With the Internet, this has become much easier. There’s really no excuse not to do 15 minutes a day. When I was…
Regular actions -the Present Simple
Form I like I don’t like. Do I like you like you don’t like Do you like he/she/it likes she doesn’t like Does it like we like we don’t like Do we like they like they don’t like Do they like Video The Present Simple in use – example sentences We use the present simple…
Improving your written English
Most of the teaching I do is aimed at improving the student’s spoken English. I tend to duck out of teaching written English because you have to do a lot of individual correction and it’s too time-consuming. But some of my students need ti improve their writing. Not so much for letter or report writing…
Business English Grammar 2- perfect the Present Continuous
Form I am eating I’m not eating Am I eating? You are eating You’re not/aren’t eating Are you eating? She is eating It isn’t/is not eating. Is he eating? We are eating We’re not/aren’t eating Are we eating? They are eating They’re not/aren’t eating Are they eating? The Present Progressive The present continuous is used…
Business English Grammar 3- perfect Present Simple or Present Continuous
Form I like I am writing You like You are writing She likes She is writing We like We are writing They like They are writing I don’t like I’m not writing You don’t like You’re not/aren’t writing He doesn’t like He’s not/isn’t writing We don’t like We’re not/aren’t writing They don’t like They’re not/aren’t…
Business English Grammar 4 – perfect the Past Simple
Form I went I didn’t go Did I go? You went You didn’t go Did you go? He went She didn’t go Did it go? We went We didn’t go Did we go? They went They didn’t go Did they go? We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see…
Business English Grammar 5- Perfect the Past Continuous
Form I was talking I wasn’t talking Was I talking? You were talking You weren’t talking Were you talking? She was talking He wasn’t talking Was she talking? We were talking We weren’t talking Were we talking? They were talking They weren’t talking Were they talking? The Past Progressive We use the past continuous to…