The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard Imagine that verbs, nouns, and other parts of language are competing with each other. One verb form or noun might ...

Past Simple v Present Perfect ESL lesson plan for B1 Intermediate ELL and ELA learners. This ready to use TEFL resource includes everything from flash cards to activities as well as conversation ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard In a recent report, we explored how the present perfect was playing in a kind of language competition. In today’s ...

Whether teaching or learning the present perfect, it is often useful to present the two verb aspects in a contrastive way. Compare the following: 'Dick Francis has been writing novels since 1957. In ...

Combining have been and were in this way is perfectly acceptable here, Umed. Often, in language use, deciding whether to use the present perfect or the past simple depends on your perspective on the ...