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Grammar

What's the difference between I and Me?

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Both I and me are personal pronouns.

I is a subject prounoun and it's used for the subject of the sentence. He, she, we, it, they and you are also subject pronouns.

"Hugo and I work in the same office"  - 'Hugo and I' are the subject.

Present Perfect Continuous

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The Present Perfect Continuous is used to talk about events which started in the past and may still be continuing now - this tense usually has a link to the present time.

This is how we make the Present Perfect Continuous tense:

subject + have / has + been + -ing verb

"He has been waiting for 20 minutes."

is or are ?

Hello,

i had a conversation with a friend of mine and i don´t really know whats the right answer...

My English Knowledge ARE better
My English Knowledge IS better

i said IS must be correct, he said, ARE is correct...

and thats the point...
Would u help us ? Wink

GreetZ

Ask it right - Auxiliary Verbs in questions

Average: 3 (65 votes)

Read through the following questions; each one is missing an auxiliary verb. Choose the correct verb for each question.

Auxiliary verbs (also known as 'helping verbs') include be, do and have. They are used along with the main verb in a sentence to make questions, negative statements, passives and tenses.

to-ing

I sow (have seen) in a reading of the site and in many other situations these kind of grammar structure:

A)They are close "to making" an arrest.

Do you think it is possible to use "to make" in the place of "to making" or there is a subtle difference between the two cases?

For instance whilst talking I used a sentence like:

B)It allows the "built up" of ....

Is it correct or I should say "the building up"?

Thanks!

EL

Can you choose the correct word form?

Average: 3.5 (31 votes)

You probably know lot's of English words, and that each word can have different forms depending on the sentence structure. Put your understanding of English language grammar to the test with this exercise! Read through the ten sentences and choose the correct form for each missing word.

Link: Can you guess the tenses?

State Verbs

Average: 3.4 (33 votes)

"This shirt costs $50."

"This shirt is costing $50."

Which is correct? Why?

The first sentence - "This shirt costs $50" - is correct because the price of the shirt is fixed; it's a fixed state and therefore we use a state verb, costs.

May, might, could...+ Have + Past participle

Hello,

Could you explain to me the different grammar sense with May + have + past participle and Might + Have + past participle...etc Could, must Have + past participle.

I thank you in advance for helping me,
Marie.

Irregular past participle verbs quiz

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A past participle indicates past or completed action or time. It is often called the 'ed' form as it is formed by adding d or ed, to the base form of regular verbs, however it is also formed in various other ways for irregular verbs. Here we review your knowledge of irregular past participle verbs.

An example of an irregular past participle verb is sung:

Can you find the mistakes in these sentences?

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Take a look at the following five sentences. Each sentence has one mistake - can you find them? Click on Show Answers for an explaination on each sentence. If you like this, you can try a similar lesson here!