In Present continuous^x, Prepositions^x

What do you want to learn about it? Its meaning: to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happenYou can use it with simple present or present continuous without change in meaning. After "look forward to" you can use a noun or a verb, depending on the meaning you want...

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,...

I don't like the verb tense in the sentences. Surely Debbie doesn't lie in or on the street regularly. The present continuous would be more appropriate.In the sentence, the use of the word 'in' would suggest that she is lying in a spot near the middle of the road rather than near the side of...

1. He is thankful to the old lady. I think it's wrong. I want to say that he feels thankful since the old lady must have helped him. But how to express that sentence in a right way? I think the preposition 'to' is wrong using here. 2. He is always traveling. Why does it use present continuous...

1-... You yourself might have experienced those frustrating long hours sitting in a clumsy chair with your reading material on the desk that ..... Yourself is unnecessary here. 2-Let us honestly ask ourselves how effective those long hours were?... the place of honestly doesn't sound...

Hi Manicku 1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that "I'm looking forward to" sounds a little friendlier and "I look forward to" sounds a little more formal. 2) The phrasal verb "look...

Hi, Let's say I have sentences like these(1): My friend showed me the recipe for (something) last Friday. I'm cooking it right now. OR like these(2): The author is writing a book about (something) right now. I know what the book is about. And I like to create one sentence out of...

Hi guys, 1. Is this sentence correct? Why not delete the preposition "on" and write as : Which day was your last anniversary? On which day was your last anniversary? Either is OK. It depends on whether you are thinking of the anniversary as an event or as a date. 2. I thought the uses of the...

"I am not understanding" isn't wrong, it's just uncommon and awkward. "I am understanding" is present continuous and "I don't understand" is simple present. In some contexts "I am not understanding" could be more correct than "I don't understand" as the latter implies a lack of capability in...