2024-08-03 Past habits – Tenses with Georgie
USED TO + BASE VERB Use this for past habits and past states. I used to walk > I didn’t use to walkYou used to walk > You didn’t use…
2024-07-26 Future plans – Tenses with Georgie
BE + GOING TO + BASE VERB Use this for loose plans and intentions. You can use it for plans you’re sure about too. I am (not) going to walk…
2024-06-21 Future perfect continuous – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that continues until or beyond a certain time in the future. We often use it to really emphasise the duration…
2024-06-14 Future perfect – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF FUTURE PERFECT Things that will be completed before a specific time in the future. Things that won’t be completed before a specific time in the future. To talk…
2024-06-07 Future continuous – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS To describe actions in progress at a particular time in the future. Useful vocabulary for actions in progress at a particular time in the future: this…
2024-05-31 Future simple – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF FUTURE SIMPLE To predict a future event. We’re often not 100% sure about it. (Compare this with ‘going to’ which is usually used for predictions based on evidence)…
2024-04-19 Past perfect continuous – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that stops at a point in the past. Combine it with the past simple. To explain the result of something…
2024-04-12 Past perfect – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PAST PERFECT Events that happened before another past event. Combine with the past simple. Useful vocabulary for events that happened before another past event: already, before, by the…
2024-04-05 Past continuous – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PAST CONTINUOUS For continuous actions happening at a particular time in the past. Useful vocabulary for continuous actions happening at a particular time in the past: this morning,…
2024-03-29 Past simple – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PAST SIMPLE A common use is to talk about one completed action at a specific time in the past. Useful vocabulary for past completed actions at a specific…
2024-02-16 Present perfect continuous – Tenses with Georgie
Like the present perfect, the present perfect continuous is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection to the present. It focuses on the activity and the…
2024-02-09 Present perfect – Tenses with Georgie
The present perfect is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection to the present. USES OF PRESENT PERFECT Actions that started in the past and continue…
2024-02-02 Present continuous – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS Activities happening at the moment of speaking. Useful vocabulary for activities happening now: at the moment, now, right now, currently, as we speak Temporary situations happening…
2024-01-26 Present simple – Tenses with Georgie
USES OF PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT meaning: When something happens regularly. Habits and routines. Useful vocabulary for habits and routines: never, rarely, sometimes, often, usually, always, every ____, once/twice, three times…
2024-01-19 Tenses: What are they? – Tenses with Georgie
What is ‘tense’? Tense is the form of a verb which tells you when something happened. Look at the verb ‘talk’ for example. ——————————————————————————————————————– On a basic timeline, you have…
2024-10-18 Mixed conditional 2 – Conditionals with Georgie
USE To talk about how a present situation would also change the past situation. STRUCTURE Example: If I were a more organised person, I wouldn’t have missed the meeting. Condition…
2024-10-11 Mixed conditional 1 – Conditionals with Georgie
USE To talk about how a past action or situation affects your life in the present. STRUCTURE Example: If I had slept better last night, I wouldn’t be so tired…
2024-09-06 Third conditional – Conditionals with Georgie
USES OF THE THIRD CONDITIONAL To imagine a different past. Similarly, to express regret. To assign blame. STRUCTURE Example: If I hadn’t been so shy at school, I would have…
2024-08-30 Second conditional – Conditionals with Georgie
USES OF THE SECOND CONDITIONAL To talk about unlikely, hypothetical situations and their possible consequences. To give advice. STRUCTURE Example: If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.…
2024-08-23 First conditional – Conditionals with Georgie
USES OF THE FIRST CONDITIONAL To talk about likely future situations and their possible consequences. To make predictions. STRUCTURE Example: If my train is cancelled, I will cry. Condition (if-clause):…