Posts

Showing posts from January, 2020

All Tenses in English

Image
Welcome to learn English with Mr. Mouhcine website☺☺      Hello, and welcome back to a new post in which you are going to learn about all tenses in English. Let's start with the:  Present Simple (present tense + common aspect) Affirmative: Subject + Base Form of the Verb *note: for 3rd Person Singular (he/ she/ it) add ‘s’ to the base form I/ You/ We/ They work in a bank. He/ She works in a bank. Negative: Subject + don’t/ doesn’t + Base Form of the Verb I/ You/ We/ They don’t (do not) work. He/ She/ It doesn’t (does not) work. Interrogative: Question Word + do/does + Subject + Base Form of the Verb Where do I/ you/we/they work? Where does he/ she work? 1. Usual, regular action: I usually  go  fishing at weekends. I  don’t go  fishing at weekends.  Do  I  go  fishing at weekends? You always  know  the answer. You  don’t  always  know  the answer.  Do  ...

Prepositions of time: on in at

Image
Prepositions of Time - at, in, on We use: at  for a PRECISE TIME in  for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS on  for DAYS and DATES at PRECISE TIME in MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS on DAYS and DATES at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays at noon in the summer on 6 March at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010 at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day at sunrise in the next century on Independence Day at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday at the moment in the past/future on New Year's Eve Look at these examples: I have a meeting  at  9am. The shop closes  at  midnight. Jane went home  at  lunchtime. In England, it often snows  in  December. Do you think we will go to Jupiter  in  the future? There should be a lot of progress  in  the next century. Do you work  on  Mondays? Her birthday is  on  20 November. Where wi...

The easiest way to use verbs in English

Image
What's a verb?  The  verb  is king in English. The shortest sentence contains a verb. You can make a one-word sentence with a verb, for example: "Stop!" You cannot make a one-word sentence with any other type of word. Verbs are sometimes described as "action words". This is partly true. Many verbs give the idea of action, of "doing" something. For example, words like run, fight, do and work all convey action. But some verbs do not give the idea of action; they give the idea of existence, of state, of "being". For example, verbs like be, exist, seem and belong all convey state. A verb always has a subject. (In the sentence "John speaks English", John is the subject and speaks is the verb.) In simple terms, therefore, we can say that verbs are words that tell us what a subject does or is; they describe: action (Ram plays football.) state (Anthony seems kind.) There is something very special about verbs in Engli...