Here is an overview about how to use the past tenses.
Summary:
Past simple – used to describe an event in the past or a part of a story.
Past continuous – used to connect two or more events in the past, giving background information for a story and describing interruptions.
The Inland Taipan is Australia’s deadliest snake – or should that be the most deadly?
Here is a guide to using comparative and superlative adjectives…
Warning: This article may make you itch like crazy!
This article aims to raise awareness about a problem, which plagues most travellers at some stage or another. It is a topic that seems to be one most people only find out about through a bitter and very itchy experience. The enemy is called cimex lectularius, small insects that love to snack on all kinds of travellers at night and enjoy a good snooze afterwards, typically on a nice, comfortable bed – hence the name Bed Bugs!
Verbs describe an action (walk, talk, work), a state (like, want, know) or can be in either category (feel, have, think).
State verbs are generally not used in the continuous tense.
| I like you. (not I am liking…) |
| This pen belongs to me. It’s not yours. (not This pen is belonging…) |
| She really dislikes everyone. (not She is really disliking…) |
In the above example, you either like/dislike something or you don’t. The same is true for such verbs as love, need, prefer, understand, believe. You either do it, or you don’t.
Verbs that describe either an action or a state can change the meaning. Examples include: be, have, see, feel, smell, look, taste, think.
| What do you think about the new boss? (state) |
| What are you thinking about? (action) |
Here is a short adventure that was recently published in a collection of travel stories called Travel Means Freedom.
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