forms was/were + -ing I was working. Were you listening to me? She was not trying. For details of question structures, see questions 1: basic...

(information and prediction) 1 forms will + infinitive without to It will be cold tomorrow. Where will you spend the night? Some British people...

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

Need Need is a semi-modal verb because in some ways it is like a modal verb and in other ways like a main verb. We use need mostly in the negative...

1 two positions Most adjectives can go in two main places in a sentence. a with a noun, usually before it. This is called ‘attributive position’...

1 articles and prepositions No article is used in the expression at home (meaning ‘in one’s own place’). Is anybody at home? (not … at...

fractions and decimals: two fifths; nought point four We say simple fractions like this: % alone quarter n/16 eleven sixteenths % an/one eighth 3%...

7 indirect and direct objects: I gave John the keys Many verbs can have two objects – usually a person and a thing. This often happens with...

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...