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Present Perfect Negative
Let’s compare the past and the present perfect used negatively. I didn’t work at that company. I have not worked at that company. He didn’t publish his book. He has not published his book. She didn’t take the exam. She has not taken the exam. The past tense shows things that did not happen. Unless…
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Stopped T and N Sound
* Refer a friend and get two extra classes, one for you and one for your friend. Just have your friend mention your name! * Help your friend get started by sharing this scheduler. New Words The rule: when T comes before an N ending, we often stop the T (the tongue touches the ridge…
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English Training: New Pronunciation Words
New Words: Silent T Remember that T can be completely silent in spellings with: vowel + nt + vowel. Here are a few new words and phrases where this rule applies. This rule is optional, but highly popular meaning that Americans will use a T sometimes when trying to be clear. Practice with the video…
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Incentives! New Words to Practice
To increase outcomes, I’m initiating an optional mid-course assessment. If you do great on this assessment, you can get an extra class free!* Also, if you exceed the norm by achieving an over 50% improvement on your final assessment, I’ll give you two free classes you can use or share with a friend. These extra…
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New Incentives to Improve your English Training
Incentives for Outcomes Next week, I’ll announce some new incentives for outcomes during classes. I want to help people push to reach their goals in a productive, fun way. In general, students will get a few options to create videos or pass tests in order to get extra classes added to their packages. Since we…
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English Group Classes Online
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The Present Perfect and Other Tenses
Return to Main Page Notice how the present perfect works in several kinds of situations. This tense is very useful! For practice, use each of these examples as a model and write sentences related to your life. Present TensePast TensePresent Perfect TensePast Perfect TenseFuture TenseConditional Tense Example 1: Present Perfect Introduces a Past StoryShe has…
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The Present Perfect
Return to Main Page Present Past Present Perfect I work at this company. I worked at this company. I have worked at this company for two years. They swam across the lake. I talked to my brother. I have talked to my brother. She spends a lot of money. She spent a lot of money.…
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Irregular Verbs
Return to Main Page You have to memorize the irregular verbs. Here is a list of very common ones. BaseForm Past PastParticiple be begin bite blow break bring buildbuy catch choose come dive do draw dream drink drive drown eat fall feelfight fly forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang hide know lay lead lie light lose prove readride ring rise run see set shake showsing sink sit speak spendspring steal standsting strike swear swim swing take tellthink throw usewake wear write was/were began bit blew broke broughtbuilt bought caught chose came dived/dove did drew dreamed/dreamt drank drove drowned ate fell feltfought flew forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung hid knew laid led lay lit lost proved read — say “red”roderang rose ran saw set shook showedsang sank sat spoke spentsprang stole stoodstung struck swore swam swung took told thoughtthrew used wokewore wrote been begun bitten/bit blown broken brought builtbought caught chosen come dived done drawn dreamt drunk driven drowned eaten fallen feltfought flown forgotten forgiven frozen got/gotten given gone grown hung hidden known laid led lain lit lost proved/proven read — say “red”riddenrung risen run seen set shaken shownsung sunk sat spoken spentsprung stolen stoodstung struck sworn swum swung taken told thoughtthrown used wokenworn written About This Chart Remember that there is no third-person form in the past. In the present, we add -s as in I walk to the…
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