By Negatives, Present continuous

My tips:Look at the photoalbum: http://picasaweb.google.com/Sean.Pigg/MimsAndSeanSHouseWith an elementary/pre-intermediate student these pictures could be used to teach:1. The vocabulary of house and living.2. Present simple by asking: What do they usually do in this room/ place? (interrogative,...

Anyway, I'm not going to write all those examples again, but the gist of it is that in the affirmative, you can explain a difference between present continuous and present perfect, but in the negative, when something doesn't happen, it doesn't make much difference if it doesn't...

Dear MIA6, 1. The sentence is okay. For me, I often add a reason for the thankfulness. For instance, “he is thankful to the old lady for her tireless attention to his garden.” 2. Present continuous and ‘always’ / ‘constantly’ / ‘forever’ together shows a state of...

Kooyeen wrote: I often hear the present perfect continuous used when there's no arrangement at all, and "to be going to" would be better in my opinion. Look at these:I drank too much... I'm never drinking again! (is it ok? Would "I'm not going to drink again" be good too?)I drank too much... I...

Thank you so much.That's indeed a thing I noticed. Grammar books (which I'm strating to hate more and more) stresses the fact that the present perfect continuous is used when something has been arranged, one way or another. In reality, I see it's also very used when expressing a strong denial,...

Ah! Using the 'present continuous + always' usually indicates an annoying habit. In your example the speaker probably does not like her 'helping the poor'. The problem here is that perhaps we might not see 'helping the poor' as something negative or annoying, if we are altruistic. However,...

ok, it is too long ok write me these: 4- Present perfect continuous:Affirmative ### ..............I don't konw, pleas write it ................### . (passive voice) Negative### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ................### . (passive voice) Interrogative### .............I...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry If...

Kooyeen wrote: I was told to use the present or past perfect in those situations, but I often find the present continuous (even in newspapers). Kim O'Donnel: This is the first time I'm hearing a negative report. He is surprised. And he says that hearing reports is happening frequently in his...

Yoong Liat wrote: My parents were taking us to the zoo. We were very happy because this was the first time they were taking us to the zoo. that was the first time they had taken us to the zoo My parents are taking us to the zoo. We are very happy because this is the first time they are taking...