A few weeks ago we looked at 'Get' phrasal verbs, now lets take a look at some of the ones that use the verb ‘look’. Remember, phrasal verbs can take a long time to get used to, just practise practise practise and try to use them in your day to day conversations.
Today's lesson is by Caroline
These two tenses are both used to talk about things that happened in the past. However we use past perfect to talk about something that happened before another action in the past, which is usually expressed by the past simple.
For example:
"I had already eaten my dinner when he called."
In other words, First I ate my dinner, then he called.
The past perfect is often used with already, yet, just and even.
Each of these people has a problem and needs to go to one of the buildings in town. Which building or place should they go to?
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These two groups of words are often confused because they look and sound very similar. For example the adverb of quick is quickly. Remember,
Adverbs describe a VERB.
Adjectives describe a NOUN.
As a general rule to change an adjective to an adverb we add ‘ly’ and these are the adverbs we will focus on today. In the following sentences do we need an adjective or an adverb?
Today's lesson is by Caroline
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Time to do a quick review of the irregular verb write.
Write is the present simple tense: "Write your name on this paper"
Wrote is the past simple tense.
Written is the past participle.
Easy! Easy! Easy! Don't you agree? Complete the sentences using the correct verb.
