9 meaning We use used + infinitive to talk about past habits and states which are now finished. I used to smoke, but now I’ve stopped, (NOT I was...

progressive (or ‘continuous’)formshave/has been + -ing I have been thinking about you.Have you been waiting long?I haven’t been...

1 reactions and feelings: pleased to see you Infinitives are often used after adjectives describing reactions and feelings. I’m pleased to see...

ordinary verb: Everybody needs to rest Need most often has ordinary verb forms: the third person singular has -s, and questions and negatives are...

Finished can be used as an adjective meaning ‘ready’. Is the report finished yet? With personal subjects, to be finished is often used in an...

will have + past participle We can use the future perfect to say that something will be finished or complete by a certain time in the future. The...

reasons for tense simplification If the main verb of a sentence makes it clear what kind of time the speaker is talking about, it is not always...

1 formal and informal language Most people speak and write in different ways on different occasions. In some languages, for example, there are...

• and could see can and could 1: introduction- see adverb position 5: emphasising adverbs • ability see can and could 2: ability • can!could...