7 Secrets Test

Today you can test yourself on the 7 Secrets 🤔 Can you name the following in English? The 7 Days of the Week The 7 Colours of the Rainbow The 7 Continents The 7 Seas The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World The 7 Deadly Sins The 7 Teens See the answers here Don't worry if you don't get them all right. Most native speakers couldn't name the 7 Deadly Sins... But you should at least know the 7 Days of the Week 😂

Best wishes Josef Essberger EnglishClub

Have something done

 

Have something done grammarteacher Sep 22

Fact of the Day

 Fact Of The Day:

Before G-Mail

Before the term 'G-mail' belonged to Google, it belonged to another popular website. It was the name for the free email service of www.Garfield.com.

 

Could have

grammarteacher Sep 27

 

May you?

grammarteacher Sep 27

Hello Pearson, can you help me with a little bit of English grammar?? I’ve been asked by a French person if one would ever say “May you help me”. rather than “can you help me” ?? Would appreciate your input.

May I is used for asking permission and is an older alternative to Can I in this context. So May I get some help? would be possible.

May you is used for giving good wishes. May you live a happy life.

A joke

 

Enjoy reading it,

In Jerusalem, a journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was! She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, she approached him for an interview. “Sir, how long have you been coming to the Wall and praying?” “For about 50 years.” Said the old man. “50 years! That’s amazing! What do you pray for?” “Well, I pray for peace. I pray for all the hatred to stop and I pray for all our children to grow up wise, in safety and friendship.” “How do you feel after doing this for 50 years?” “Like I’m talking to a wall!”

English verb tenses

 Dear students,

Wish your Sunday afternoon was nice to you all. 

Following is a short reminder for every one!

Enjoy a nice evening as well!

We often have problems with the English tenses. Please, have a look at the time line, it might help you understand when to use which tense ( only the ones you know so far ).
As there is a similarity between past, present and future tenses, there are just a few rules to keep in mind.

If you know how to use the present progressive correctly to express present actions, you will as well be able to use the past progressive correctly to express past actions.

Try to understand this legend: 

Legend

moment in time	action that takes place once, never or several times actions that happen one after another actions that suddenly take place
period of time	action that started before a certain moment and lasts beyond that moment actions taking place at the same time
Result	action taking place before a certain moment in time puts emphasis on the result
Course / Duration	action taking place before a certain moment in time puts emphasis on the course or duration of the action

Verb Tense List

 

Verb Tense List

1. Simple Present or Present Simple


e.g., I play, you play, she/he/it plays, we play, they play


2. Present Progressive, Present Continuous, Simple Present Progressive or Simple Present Continuous


e.g., I am playing, you are playing, she/he/it is playing, we are playing, they are playing


3. Simple Past or Past Simple


e.g., I played, you played, he/she/it played, we played, they played


4. Past Progressive, Past Continuous, Simple Past Progressive or Simple Past Continuous


e.g., I was playing, you were playing, she/he/it was playing, we were playing, they were playing


5. Present Perfect or Simple Present Perfect


e.g., I have played, you have played, he/she/it has played, we have played, they have played


6. Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous


e.g., I have been playing, you have been playing, he/she/it has been playing, we have been playing, they have been playing


7. Past Perfect or Simple Past Perfect


e.g., I had played, you had played, he/she/it had played, we had played, they had played


8. Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous


e.g., I had been playing, you had been playing, he/she/it had been playing, we had been playing, they had been playing


9. Simple Future or Future Simple


e.g., I will play, you will play, he/she/it will play, they will play, we will play or I am going to play, you are going to play, he/she/it is going to play, we are going to play, they are going to play


10. Future Progressive, Future Continuous, Simple Future Progressive or Simple Future Continuous


e.g., I will be playing, you will be playing, he/she/it will be playing, they will be playing, we will be playing


11. Future Perfect or Simple Future Perfect


e.g., I will have played, you will have played, he/she/it will have played, they will have played, we will have played


12. Future Perfect Progressive


e.g., I will have been playing, you will have been playing, he/she/it will have been playing, they will have been playing, we will have been playing

 

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