I put down my mechanical pencil with a sigh. The only things echoing in my late-night study room are my own frustration and a ...

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 ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learningenglish@bbc.co.uk 1. We can use both present perfect and past ...

Present continuous and 'going to' Verb patterns The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' 'What have you been doing?' Learn how to use the present perfect ...

A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the present perfect tense. The present perfect tense is made from the word ‘has’ or ‘have’ plus the past participle of the verb. It is used ...

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 ...

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 ...