Verb Tenses

Intermediate

1 Present Simple

Use the present simple for habitual actions, general truths, and permanent situations.

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"I work at a bank."
Permanent job situation
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"She drinks coffee every morning."
Habitual action

2 Present Continuous

Use the present continuous for actions happening now or temporary situations.

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"I am working on a project."
Action happening now
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"I am knowing the answer."
State verbs don't use continuous form

Practice Exercise

Choose the correct form:

Articles (a, an, the)

Beginner

1 Indefinite Articles (a, an)

Use "a" before consonant sounds and "an" before vowel sounds for singular, countable nouns.

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"I need a pen."
Consonant sound
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"She is an engineer."
Vowel sound

2 Definite Article (the)

Use "the" for specific items that both speaker and listener know about.

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"The book on the table is mine."
Specific book

Prepositions

Intermediate

1 Prepositions of Time

Use "in" for months/years, "on" for days/dates, "at" for specific times.

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"I was born in 1990."
Year
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"The meeting is on Monday."
Day of the week
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"Let's meet at 3 PM."
Specific time

Pronouns

Beginner

1 Subject and Object Pronouns

Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) perform the action. Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) receive the action.

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"He called me yesterday."
"He" is subject, "me" is object

Conditional Sentences

Advanced

1 First Conditional

Use "if + present simple, will + base verb" for real future possibilities.

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"If it rains, I will stay home."
Real possibility

2 Second Conditional

Use "if + past simple, would + base verb" for unreal present situations.

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"If I won the lottery, I would travel the world."
Unreal/imaginary situation

Passive Voice

Advanced

1 Formation

Form: be + past participle. Use when the action is more important than who does it.

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"The house was built in 1950."
Focus on the house, not the builder
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"English is spoken worldwide."
General fact