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17 mai 2017

Construction of the present perfect - B1

For more on the Daily Mail: How humans bred some dogs to be unrecognizable from their ancestors CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRESENT PERFECT Positive form: Subject + auxiliary have/has + past participle The past participle is the -ed form of the verb. Humans have...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 1 - B1

You can use the present perfect when a past action has an impact on the present situation. Look, th e d og has broken his leg. The action took place in the past. We don’t care where or when. What matters is the impact on the dog’s present life: he has...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 2 - B1

Use the present perfect when you want to talk about your life experience. In this case, what is really important is what happened and not when or where it happened. If it was the case, we would have used the preterit. When questioning someone’s life experience,...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 3 - B1

The present perfect can be used when something started in the past and is still happening now. I have lived in Paris for 10 years. This example means that you started living in Paris 10 years ago and still live in the French capital city. So it is very...

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17 février 2016

Rock'n'roll grammar – Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" – B1

In this beautiful song, the Pink Floyd band members wish their deceased friend Syd Barrett were near them. To express their wish, they use "wish" followed by "to be" in the preterit. - WISH + WAS or WERE (to be in the preterit). Eg: I wish I was here,...

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25 janvier 2016

A criminal arrested but a word still missing - B1

I frequently hear learners of English saying that they don’t read press articles because they can’t even understand the titles. In many cases their failure to understand is due to ELLIPSIS. Ellipsis is the omission of elements which are recoverable from...

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22 janvier 2016

Rock'n'roll grammar - David Bowie "Let's dance" - A2

The imperative is used to command, to order or to suggest something. In the song "Let's dance", David Bowie probably invites someone to dance with him. In this case "Let’s" is the short form for "let us" used to make a suggestion which includes himself....

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5 janvier 2016

Tenses with cartoons - A2

Try and think about the use of tenses in the three following cartoons. Source: http://bizarro.com Use the preterit when the action is over. "I thought", but won't think so anymore. Note the construction of the passive form: subject + auxiliary be + past...

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