by Liz Walter | May 26, 2021 | basic b2 grammar topics, grammar
Students of English typically learn how to form zero, first, second and third conditionals. But in reality, English speakers sometimes mix the parts to form what we call ‘mixed conditionals’. We do this when the two parts of the sentence refer to different times. For...
by Liz Walter | May 14, 2020 | basic b2 grammar topics
Narrative tenses are the tenses we use to talk about things that happened in the past, for example when we are telling stories or anecdotes. The four main narrative tenses are: the past simple the past continuous the past perfect the past perfect continuous The past...
by Liz Walter | May 14, 2020 | basic b2 grammar topics
We use reported speech to talk about what someone else said. You have to be careful to use the correct tense. These are the basic rules. Some of them have alternative options, but they are very complicated. Therefore, unless you are a very advanced learner of English,...
