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

1 forms and use In sentences like Come here, Be quiet, Have a drink or Don’t worry about it, the verb forms come, be, have and don’t worry’...

forms Progressive verb forms (also called ‘continuous’ forms) are made with be + -ing. I am waiting for the shops to open, (present progressive)...

1 punctuation We usually write abbreviations without full stops in modem British English. Full stops (AmE ‘periods’) are normal in American...

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 nouns related to verbs: no wish to change We can use infinitives after some nouns which are related to verbs that can be followed by infinitives...

Some verbs and adjectives can be followed by either -ing forms (‘gerunds’) or infinitives. I started playing / to play the violin when I was 10...

verb • + infinitive see infinitives 4: after verbs • + for … to see infinitives 13: for … to … verb • + infinitive or -ing form...

1 for We use for for duration – to say how long something lasts. for + period of time I studied the guitar for three years at school. That...