Categoría: Basic Level A2

Dear students,

Have you ever wondered the difference between using Be going to and the Present Continuous when talking about a future event? Here you are some videos and exercises which can be useful.

Let’s start with the videos!

And here you are the different activities.

https://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/GoingPresCSw2-7-1.htm

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-13478.php

Enjoy!

Dear students,

Today, I’d like you to watch this video about the use of Be going to + infinitive. We use Be going to to talk about plans and predictions in the future.

You can also do these exercises if you wish to practise.

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/going-to-write

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/going-to

I hope they’re useful and you learn a lot.

Regards,

Dear students,

Today, I would like to share with you the following video and Genially presentation on the formation and use of the Past Simple. Thanks to them you’ll be able to learn how to use it in your written compositions, dialogues and monologues.

Enjoy!!!

• • Dear students,

Today we have a new lesson. What is the Present Simple?

Well, we use the Present Simple for talking daily actions or what we do every day. it is very easy to use.
We need a subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they) and then we write/say the verb. Be careful with he, she and it. With these three subject pronouns we add -S to the verb; for example, I watch TV every day / He watches TV every day.

Watch this video for more information.

Apart from this, we can also use frequency adverbs or expressions of frequency. They are different and are used in different ways.

Frequency adverbs always go between the subject and the verb (e.g. I never go to the supermarket on Sunday), except with verb To Be (in this case, it goes after the verb; e.g., I am never late for school).

What are the most traditional and frequent frequency adverbs? Always, Usually, Quite often, Very often, Often, Hardly Ever, Never.

Expressions of frequency always go at the end of the sentence; for instance, I go to the gym three times a week.

The most frequently used expressions of frequency are Once/Twice/Three (change the number as you wish) times a year (a month, a week, a day, etc), every day.

You have everything you need to know in this Genially presentation.

I hope you enjoy.

Regards.

Dear students,

Welcome to our first post on the blog. Today we study Past Simple vs Past Continuous. 

When do we use the Past Simple? Well, we use it to talk about finished actions that happened once or more in the past. Remember, these actions have already finished. For example, I went to London last summer.

Please, remember there are regular and irregular verbs and the different patterns for the afirmative (+) and negative (-) sentences and questions (?).

What about the Past Continuous? We use the Past Continuous to talk about what was happening or what we were doing when something happened. For example, I was watching TV. For the Past Continuous we must use verb To Be in the Past Simple verb tense and the -ing form of the main verb (e.g., was listening, were talking, wasn’t looking…). Now, look againg at the first and second examples to see the difference.

Can we use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous together in the same sentence? YES. It’s very easy. Just use ‘when‘ with the Past Simple (for example, I was watching TV when Peter arrived from work) or with the Past Continuous (for example, Peter got home when I was watching TV).

Try this exercise you can do online. 

Now, watch the following video with more examples of sentences using the Past Simple and the Past Continuous together.