The English Tenses: Practical Grammar Guide
“The most realistic approach to aide in understanding the English tenses.” – Meg, Amazon review Want to know why we say “I am reading this book now”, but not “I am being happy now”? What about “We’re going...
Exercises to test the uses of “even”
The following exercises will test your use of ‘even’ in sentences. First, this will practice your use of word order – remember that even is used as an adverb, so it follows adverb word order rules. Usually, it comes before the word that it is changing, so try to place...
How to use the word “even”
“Even” is an interesting word. It can be used for a variety of specific meanings that may be hard to generalise, and can raise particular confusion when it comes to its place in a sentence. It can add emphasis to examples (“I don’t like ducks – not even small ones.”)...
Pictures worth a thousand words – textbook illustration examples
In place of a lesson, today, I have some exciting new images for my upcoming grammar guide, The English Tenses. I enlisted the help of a local artist to produce these, following suggestions from a number of beta readers – and I am sure you will agree these...Want to Master English?
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