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Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Which tense to use? This can be a tricky question because both tenses are used to talk about things in the past. And in fact, very often we use them together in a happy mix! 😉 For example: Taylor: How long have you lived in Barcelona? James: Oh, I’ve only moved here recently. I arrived … Continue reading

The Past Continuous

The Past Continuous

Here comes the second post in our new series on the English tense system. The past continuous is a fairly simple tense to learn and use. For example, I could tell you what I did yesterday afternoon: On Wednesday afternoon I was walking through the beautiful Park Labyrinth in Horta with my friend Cat and her … Continue reading

The Past Simple

The Past Simple

Welcome to the first blog post on the tense system in English! I wanted to create a video series on all the English tenses for a long time and this week I have finally started with this project. You can expect at least one video per week for the next few months. In the first … Continue reading

The Second Conditional

The Second Conditional

Hi. Here’s the promised video about the second conditional! I hope this video will help you to understand how to form the second conditional, when to use it and what the difference between the first and the second conditionals are. If you’ve enjoyed the video why not leave me a post on this blog? I … Continue reading