Past simple is one of the most important English tenses. Scott Thornbury once wrote that he would sacrifice all the perfect tenses and other grammar if he could teach past simple properly. I agree with him, because if the students could you this tense, then I would probably forgive them everything. To teach all the…
Reported speech is quite difficult. Students are often confused why the tenses change and what they mean. Here they will get a chance to understand the grammar point better. First, they can watch the two videos explaining the usage of reported speech. Advert: [showmyads] The second explanation is based upon the Grammar challenge by BBC…
Many students do not understand the present perfect tense. Here is an infographic which should make the present perfect tense easier for students to understand.
Many students find the difference between present perfect tense and past simple very confusing. To help them I have created the following infographic.
To learn this difficult tense you first have to learn the past participles. Regular verbs just add the ending -ed but you have to memorise the irregular ones. Here is a mind map which might help you memorise the irregular verbs first