by Phil Williams | Mar 31, 2016 | Exercises, Grammar
Questions are formed in the simple tenses by using either do, does, did or will before a bare infinitive, or with the verb to be. The following exercise will help you practice converting simple statements into question form in the past, present and future. Use the...
by Phil Williams | Nov 19, 2015 | Grammar
I was recently contacted with a question about my Mixed Tenses Exercise, which demonstrates that different tenses can fit into the same sentence structure. The question came from the past simple use in the first example, I played tennis every Tuesday this month. In a...
by Phil Williams | Jun 11, 2014 | Books, Grammar
“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...
by Phil Williams | May 16, 2014 | Books
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...
by Phil Williams | Dec 3, 2013 | Definitions, Grammar
There are 12 basic tenses in the English language. These are the most common grammatical forms for expressing time in English. It can help to view the different time expressions on one timeline, so I have created a diagram to compare all the English tenses, below....