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My reply was not quite to the point since the question was about telling the Past Indefinite (Simple) and the Past Perfect. The difference seems pretty evident: when you don't define the Aspect, it's the Past Indefinite (or the Past Simple); when you define the Aspect (or "link the before-the-p...

One thing you've got to do is to show your students the difference between Present and Past, since both are Perfect. Tenses are always indicated by the first verb of the Predicate, namely, by the finite form. If the talk is about past events, then the Past is more in tune; otherwise, the Present is ...

Hi Chocolate,

You can transfer data - you can move objects.

'Transfer' is a transitive verb, i.e. you can only transfer SOMETHING.

'Move' can be used both transitively and intransitively: you can move to a new location or move something to a another place.

My two cents,

Slava

Hi Rachel,

http://groups.msn.com/Philosophy4EVERYO ... tsnew.msnw

has got a lot of options for discussion. Browse the forum threads. I'm sure you'll find something to your liking.

My ha'porth,

Slava

What are you for? Isn't it your job to see to it that has enough practice? My take is that you are wasting too much time on advice. We all do at first. I suggest you get her involved in a conversation - choose a text and plan some remarks that could be questioned in class. First, it won't be easy, b...

I'd fully agree with Alex.

My ha'p'orth,

Slava

Your question mainly concerns the usage of modal 'will'. The thing is that Future Perfect, as you call it, is rather rarely used to denote the result of some action in the Future but is frequently used in the literary style as an anticipation of the result of an action in the Present, say: "He ...

Hi Michelle,

(2) and (4) are correct.

My ha'p'orth,

Slava

Generally speaking, 'students' are those who 'study' and 'pupils' are those who 'learn'. It's common that pupils be called 'students' nowadays, and Burma is not unique. I think it's up to you to decide for yourself how to call pupils of yours; and I wouldn't demand that others call them the way I do...

Hi Dominique,

Do you mean the pattern 'give me', 'show me', 'tell me', &c.? The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary gives likewise patterns in the introduction.

If it helps,

Slava

Hi Unicorn, For Gerund and Infinitives, does a main verb always precede them? Gerund is a verbal, having mainly the functions of Noun. It is never preceded by a 'main verb'. Infinitive (or 'the name of a purpose') is different in that it can have various functions: Subject - To master a language is ...

Hi Jeremy, Many people send their children to an English speaking country to learn English. While there, they study in classrooms where there may be 10 different nationalities and the teacher can only use English. You are missing the point. Many doesn't mean everybody; moreover, try to imagine real ...

Hi Osman, 1. So how are you anyway? Done anything exciting since I last saw you? No, nothing at all. It's rained / It's been raining all weekend. I haven't been / I haven't been going out once! "...It's been raining..." - since it doesn't only tell on the result in the Present, but has to ...

Hi again Steve ...doesn't 'should' take the place of 'if' in your example? Sure. "Had I been..." instead of "If I had been..."; "should you go..." instead of "if you should go..."; etc. I realise we have the options, "Should I have won..." and also &...

Hi Steve, All was going well until I caught myself (a native speaker) saying, "If I'd have won the lottery, I'd have bought a Ferrari" Now, we all know that an if-clause cannot contain a 'would', so that 'd must be a 'had'. "If I had have won the lottery...." - it looks bad writt...

Hi Nigel, I don't agree with Schetin saying nobody speaks international English. I said there's no people that speaks International English - for one reason: it's INTERNATIONAL. What you say is what you say. Be attentive, will you. You're also wrong to say that America has no culture! Why is a mix o...

Hi educationglobal, 1. Both are correct. The only difference is that in the first instance the answer will be the color of eyes and in the second - the eyes color (lol), which is the same. 2. What tense is used in the following sentences? I am tempted to give an examination. I am scared to do the te...

http://www.englishclub.com/tefl/viewtopic.php?t=355 [Recently] I have attended several courses and met different teachers. Sadly most of them could do anything from planning or building a house, selling things in a supermarket, washing cars, etc. but teach English professionally. Most of them were n...

Good point here Paula, Do people out there think we should be teaching our students some brand of real English as spoken between native speakers: eg Australian, British, American. Or do you think we should be teaching "international English" as spoken between, Germans, Japanese etc. I don'...

Hi all, In practice, L2 without association with L1 is an advantage only for emigrants. If the country you belong to wants to get rid of its citizens, or is a slave of an English speaking country, or else is getting tired of its own culture - only then the above mentioned association is a pain in th...