Narrating events
Use the past continuous for an action in progress and the past simple for an event during it.
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A grocery list
A practical conversation about a grocery list in home and family.
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Past simple or present perfect?
Use the past simple with a finished time such as yesterday.
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Visiting relatives
A practical conversation about visiting relatives in home and family.
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The first conditional
For a possible future condition, use if with the present simple and will with a base verb in the result.
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Evening routines
A practical conversation about evening routines in home and family.
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The second conditional
Use if with the past simple and would with a base verb for an imagined or unlikely present or future situation.
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A spare key
A practical conversation about a spare key in home and family.
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Advice and obligation
Should often gives advice, while have to expresses necessity or obligation.
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Doing the laundry
A practical conversation about doing the laundry in home and family.
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Defining relative clauses
Use who for people and which for things; that can be used in many defining relative clauses.
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Putting food away
A practical conversation about putting food away in home and family.
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Explaining a problem
State the problem, its effect and what you need.
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Choosing curtains
A practical conversation about choosing curtains in home and family.
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Giving a supported opinion
State your view, give a reason and add an example.
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Preparing a guest room
A practical conversation about preparing a guest room in home and family.
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Reporting statements
When reporting speech, tense and pronouns may change with context.
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Leaving the house
A practical conversation about leaving the house in home and family.
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