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Past habits

Can you talk about your life story in English? Can you use the past simple to say what your life was like before?

Present perfect simple and continuous

How long have you been studying English? This is an example of the present perfect continuous.

Past simple and continuous

Do you know how to use the past simple? Do you know how to use the past continuous? These two tenses are often used together in a sentence.

Used to

Have you heard the phrases ‘used to’ in English? Do you know what it means? Did you know that it has more than one meaning?

Reported speech

What is reported speech in English? It’s when you explain what one person said to someone else.

Future perfect and continuous

The future continuous (will be + ‘ing’ form) and the future perfect (will have + past participle) tenses are used to talk about events in the futur

Past perfect

When we talk about something that happened in the past we sometimes want to refer back to something that happened before that time.

Future plans

Watch the presentation and complete the activities to find out how we use 'will, going to and present continuous' to talk about the future. 

Present perfect

Why do English speakers use the word ‘have’ so often? Watch our presentation on the present perfect and find out.

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