Present Perfect Continuous Tense. Use 1: Duration from the Past until Now We use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued until now. “For five minutes”, “for two weeks”, and “since Wednesday” are all durations which can be used with the present perfect continuous. Example: He has…
Present Perfect Tense: Been and Gone In this tense, we use both ‘been’ and ‘gone’ as the past participle of ‘go’, but in slightly different circumstances. We use ‘been’ (often when we talk about life experience) to mean that the person we’re talking about visited the place and came back. Example: I have been…
Grammar Mistakes You Should Avoid INCORRECT: Me and my brothers all have college degrees in business. CORRECT : My brothers and I all have college degrees in business. Several English pronouns retain (сохранять) different forms that indicate (означать) their function in a sentence. Me is an object form. In the example, it is incorrectly used…
Grammar Mistakes You Should Avoid If you want to write clear, correct English, you certainly need to pay attention to the grammar rules. To help you with that, we listed common grammar mistakes you should avoid (избегать). Mistake 1: Unnecessary would in a wish about the past INCORRECT: Ten things I wish I would have…
Types of Prepositions Prepositions indicate direction, time, location, and spatial (географический) relationships, as well as other abstract types of relationships. Direction: Look to the left and you’ll see our destination.- Посмотрите налево и вы увидите нашу цель. Time: We’ve been working since this morning.- Мы работаем с сегодняшнего утра. Location: We saw a movie at…
Used to vs. Simple Past Both simple past and used to can be used to describe past habits, past facts and past generalizations; however, used to is preferred when emphasizing these forms of past repetition in positive sentences. On the other hand, when asking questions or making negative sentences, simple past is preferred. Example: You…
All of a Sudden or All of the Sudden? All of a sudden is an idiom that is a more poetic way of saying “suddenly.” A common (типичный) mistake to make, especially for English learners, is to write all the sudden or all of the sudden. On a sudden is a historic but outmoded (устаревший)…
Present Continuous Tense : Adverb Placement The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc. Example: You are still watching TV.- Ты все еще смотришь телевизор. Example: Are you still watching TV?- Ты все еще смотришь телевизор?
Present Continuous Tense. Use #4: Something That is Likely to Happen in the Future We also use the present continuous to describe future situations that are planned. Example: I am visiting my parents at the weekend.- Я навещаю своих родителей на выходных. Example: Is he coming with us this evening?- Он пойдет с…
Present Continuous Tense. Use #3: An Irritating Situation with “always” If you use the present continuous with words such as “always” or “constantly”, it expressed the idea that something irritating often happens. Example: He is always forgetting his keys.- Он всегда забывает свои ключи. Example: They are constantly complaining.- Они постоянно жалуются.