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#English Tenses
by F. Dave Whassom
In this class, we'll walk you though English Tenses, show you how and when to use them and the difference mistakes to avoid when using them. We'll also take some practical examples to helping you using those tenses correctly!
Episodes
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Preposition of Place 'on'
On a Surface On tells us that the following noun is located on a surface. Use on when one thing is attatched to or touching somthing.
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Preposition of Place 'in'
In an Enclosed Space In tells us the noun is in an enclosed space (surround or closed off on all sides). Basically, when something is inside something.
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Preposition of Place 'at'
We use at in many common phrases, especially when we are talking about a place for a specific activity.
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All walks of life
'All walks of life means' = people from all layers of the society, rich, poor, with various levels of social position or achievement, as a matter of fact, from everywhere!
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Talk the talk and walk the walk
If you say that someone talks the talk but does not walk the walk, you mean that they do not act in a way that agrees with the things they say.
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Basic English vs Phrasal Verbs 3
This video work you through Basic English and Phrasal Verbs with examples to sustain the various definitions.
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Basic English vs Phrasal Verbs 2
This video work you through Basic English and Phrasal Verbs with examples to sustain the various definitions.
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Basic English vs Phrasal Verbs
This video work you through Basic English an Phrasal Verbs with examples to sustain the various definitions.
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Preposition of Time 'on' | part 3
We use 'on' to talk about: - Days: on Christmas, on Easter, on Halloween; - Dates: on 2nd May, on our anniversary, on July 1st; - Parts of Specific day: on Tuesday morning, on Saturday night.
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Preposition of Time 'in' | Part 2
We use 'in' to talk about: - Months / Seasons: in April, in (the) summer, in (the) spring; - Years / Decade / Centuries: in 2020, in the 70s, in the 21th century; - Long periods: in the present, in the past, in the future, in the ice (middle) age(s); - Parts of the day: in the morning, in the...
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Future Continuous / Progressive #11
Future Progressive Use: * to talk about actions that'll be in progress at a certain time in the future. It helps to express the future as a matter of course. Couple of words are for instance: next week, tonight, later on Jan. 6th. ..., just about every action having its course in the future....
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The Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) #8
The past perfect continuous is also known as Past Perfect Progressive Tense, and is used for an action that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time. Time reference is found in these sentences which gives an idea that action has continued from some time. Examples: At...
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Will & Going-to-Future #9
The will-future expresses future events that the speaker cannot influence. Example: It will rain tomorrow. The going-to-future is used to express a logical conclusion. Example: The sky is covered with dark clouds. I It's going to rain.
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Must vs. Have to
Must vs. have to Both Must and have to express obligation or necessity, but there are some small differences: - We use must when the speaker thinks it is necessary or important to do an action: Must you go? ~ Yes, I must. You must go. (= It is important that you go.) - We use have to to talk…
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Quiz - Use of Phrases and Expressions
Test Your English Vocabulary and Grammar - Practice and Improve your English with Useful Phrases and Expressions.
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The Present Simple #1
The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It is used to describe: - habits; - unchanging situations; - general truths; - and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to form: - Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they...
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Advanced Business English - Phrases & Expressions #3
In this audio, we're going to take a look at different phrases and expressions that are used in business and work context. Not only in Business or Work places, those phrases are used on a daily basis in different context, whenever we meet english speaking people.
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Advanced Business English - Phrases & Expressions #2
In this audio, we're going to take a look at different phrases and expressions that are used in business and work context. Not only in Business or Work places, those phrases are used on a daily basis in different context, whenever we meet english speaking people.
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Prepositions 'To' vs. 'For'
In this video, we break down the Difference between TO and FOR, while giving some practical and case related examples.
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Quantifiers 'some' and 'any'
As a general rule, we use: - 'some' for affirmative sentences; - 'any' for questions or negative sentences. Usually, both 'some' and 'any' can only be used with countable plural nouns or uncountable nouns.
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The Past Perfect Tense #7
The past perfect simple is used to describe one action that happened before another action in the past. In many cases a complete sentence is written in two parts with two different tenses: The past perfect simple, to refer to the action that happened first or earlier The past simple to refer to…
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The Present Perfect Progressive #6
The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).
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The Present Perfect #5
We use the present perfect: For something that started in the past and continues in the present. When we are talking about our experience up to the present. We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present. and we use never for the negative form:
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Advanced Business English - Phrases & Expressions #1
In this audio, we're going to take a look at different phrases and expressions that are used in business and work context. Not only in business or work places, those phrases are used on a daily basis in different context, whenever we meet english speaking people.
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The Past Progressive #4 / (Continuous)
The Past Progressive usually puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past. It's used in case of: - actions in progress at a special time in the past - two actions happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other) - a combination together with Simple Past - repeated...
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The Past Simple #3
The pas simple is the form of a verb used to describe an action that happened before the present time and is no longer happening. For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work–worked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (move–moved). Many verbs are irregular. Each one has to be...
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The Present Progressive #2 / (Continuous)
The Present Continuous is used: - for things that are happening at the moment of speaking - for temporary situations, even if the action isn’t happening at this moment - for permanent situations lasting longer - for temporary or new habits - for habits that are not regular, happening very often -...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this class, we'll walk you though English Tenses, show you how and when to use them and the difference mistakes to avoid when using them. We'll also take some practical examples to helping you using those tenses correctly!
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F. Dave Whassom
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