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The future perfect tense is only used in a few situations, but it's still good to know it. Here's how to make it.

Click here to download this explanation as a pdf.
Click here to learn about how to USE this tense.

The future perfect is made with the future simple of 'have' (will have) and the past participle. For regular past participles add 'ed' to the verb ('play' becomes 'played'). Click here to learn about irregular past participles.

Here's the positive:

By six pm tonight:

For the short form, we change will to 'll. But, when we are speaking, we also make 'have' shorter, so it sounds like I'll've finished (don't write this!). Here are some examples for you to listen to:

Click here for an exercise about the positive future perfect.

Here's the negative:

By next week,

Here's the short form. Listen to how I shorten 'have' when I'm speaking:
Here's an exercise about negative
To make the question, just put 'will' before the subject:

'Yes / no' questions:

By next year,

'Wh' questions:

Here's an exercise about the question form.
Here's an exercise about the positive, negative and question forms.

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How to make the future perfect tense in English - easy explanations and lots of exercises

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How to use adjectives ending with 'ed' and 'ing' correctly? Take the test : http://www.learnex.in/using-adjectives-ending-with-ed-ing-correctly/ Adjectives are words that describe a noun. They tell you more about a noun. Often, people get confused with adjectives ending in 'ed' or 'ing' and are unable to figure out how to use it correctly.

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The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive:

if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

(We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing).

It has two uses.

First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)

If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.

She would travel all over the world if she were rich.

She would pass the exam if she ever studied.(She never studies, so this won't happen)

Second, we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true. Is that clear? Have a look at the examples:

If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).

If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.

How is this different from the first conditional?
This kind of conditional sentence is different from the first conditional because this is a lot more unlikely.

For example (second conditional): If I had enough money I would buy a house with twenty bedrooms and a swimming pool (I'm probably not going to have this much money, it's just a dream, not very real)

But (first conditional): If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes (It's much more likely that I'll have enough money to buy some shoes)
Click here to download this explanation as a pdf. Click here to practise making the second conditional. Click here for all the conditional exercises.

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Click here to download this explanation as a pdf.

Click here for all the exercises about modal verbs

Here's a list of the modal verbs in English:

Modals are different from normal verbs:

1: They don't use an 's' for the third person singular.
2: They make questions by inversion ('she can go' becomes 'can she go?').
3: They are followed directly by the infinitive of another verb (without 'to').

Probability:

First, they can be used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. We often call these 'modals of deduction' or 'speculation' or 'certainty' or 'probability'.

For example:
Click here to find out more about probability.
Ability
We use 'can' and 'could' to talk about a skill or ability.

For example:Click here to find out more about ability.
Obligation and Advice
We can use verbs such as 'must' or 'should' to say when something is necessary or unnecessary, or to give advice.

For example:Click here to find out more about obligation
Permission
We can use verbs such as 'can', 'could' and 'may' to ask for and give permission. We also use modal verbs to say something is not allowed.

For example:
Habits
We can use 'will' and 'would' to talk about habits or things we usually do, or did in the past.

For example:

When I lived in Italy, we would often eat in the restaurant next to my flat.

John will always be late!

Past modals
The past modals 'could have + past participle', 'should have + past participle' and 'would have + past participle' can be confusing. I explain about them here.

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Double Comparatives - Lesson 21 - English Grammar

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Also called the future progressive tense

The future continuous tense isn't taught very much in English classes but, in fact, English speakers use it a lot. You will sound much more natural if you master this tense.

report this ad Click here to download this explanation as a pdf.
Click here to learn about how to USE this tense.

Here's how to make it:

The positive (will + be + verb-ing):

At 10 am tomorrow,

In the same way as with the future simple, usually we use the short form ('ll be verb-ing) when we are speaking.

Sometimes students don't use the short form, because they are not sure how to pronounce it. Here are some examples to help.

Here's an exercise about making the future continuous positive.

Here's the negative:

When John gets home,

As with the positive, we usually use the short form (won't + be + verb-ing) when speaking.

Here's an exercise to practise the negative.

Next, the question.

'Yes / no' questions:

When she arrives at the party,

'Wh' questions:

Next weekend,

Here's an exercise about 'yes / no' and 'wh' questions.

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The future continuous (or future progressive) tense - clear explanations and lots of exercises

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An active sentence like I drank two cups of coffee has the subject first (the person or thing that does the verb), followed by the verb, and finally the object (the person or thing that the action happens to).

So, in this example, the subject is 'I', the verb is 'drank' and the object is 'two cups of coffee'.

But, we don't always need to make sentences this way. We might want to put the object first, or perhaps we don't want to say who did something. This can happen for lots of reasons (see the explanation further down the page). In this case, we can use a passive, which puts the object first:

Two cups of coffee were drunk (we can add 'by me' if we want, but it isn't necessary).

How to make the Passive in English

We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive. So play becomes played. Click here to learn about irregular verbs.

Practise with these exercises
Verbs with two objects

Some verbs that have two objects can make two different active sentences, and so two different passive sentences too:

Give

Active: He gave me the book / He gave the book to me.

You can choose either of the two objects to be the subject of the passive sentence.

Passive: I was given the book (by him)/ The book was given to me (by him).

Other verbs like this are: ask, offer, teach, tell, lend, promise, sell, throw.

Try an exercise about this here
The passive in subordinate clauses
You can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated verb. This is really the same as a normal passive.

Active: I thought that Mary had kissed John.

Passive: I thought that John had been kissed by Mary.

Active: He knew that people had built the church in 1915.

Passive: He knew that the church had been built in 1915.

You can also make the passive using a passive gerund or a passive infinitive in the same place as a normal gerund or infinitive.

The child loves being cuddled.

She would like to be promoted.

Try an exercise about this here
When should we use the Passive?

1: When we want to change the focus of the sentence

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. (We are more interested in the painting than the artist in this sentence)
2: When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious or 'people in general'

He was arrested (obvious agent, the police).

My bike has been stolen (unknown agent).

The road is being repaired (unimportant agent).

The form can be obtained from the post office (people in general).

3: In factual or scientific writing
The chemical is placed in a test tube and the data entered into the computer.
4: In formal writing instead of using someone/ people/ they (these can be used in speaking or informal writing)
The brochure will be finished next month.
5: In order to put the new information at the end of the sentence to improve style
Three books are used regularly in the class. The books were written by Dr. Bell. ('Dr. Bell wrote the books' sound clumsy)
6: When the subject is very long
I was surprised by how well the students did in the test. (More natural than: 'how well the students did in the test surprised me')

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Information about the third conditional, including lots of practice exercises.

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Lots and lots of practice exercises for the passive in English

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SPEAKING
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English Grammar Rules

Question tags are short questions at the end of statements.

They are mainly used in speech when we want to:

confirm that something is true or not, or

to encourage a reply from the person we are speaking to.

Question tags are formed with the auxiliary or modal verb from the statement and the appropriate subject.

A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag.

A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag.

When the verb in the main sentence is in the present simple we form the question tag with .

If the verb is in the past simple we use did.

When the statement contains a word with a negative meaning, the question tag needs to be positive

Question Tags Summary Charts

Exceptions

Some verbs / expressions have different question tags. For example:

I am - I am attractive, aren't I?

Positive imperative - Stop daydreaming, will / won't you?

Negative imperative - Don't stop singing, will you?

Let's - Let's go to the beach, shall we?

Have got (possession) - He has got a car, hasn't he?

There is / are - There aren't any spiders in the bedroom, are there?

This / that is - This is Paul's pen, isn't it?

Intonation

When we are sure of the answer and we are simply encouraging a response, the intonation in the question tag goes down:

This is your car, isn't it?
(Your voice goes down when you say isn't it.)

When we are not sure and want to check information, the intonation in the question tag goes up:

He is from France, isn't he?
(Your voice goes up when you say isn't he.)

Next activity

If you would like to play an interactive game to practice Question Tags, visit here: Question Tags

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(also called the future perfect progressive)

The Future Perfect Continuous Tense isn't used very much in English and it is a little complicated to make. However, at higher levels it is great to understand it, and maybe use it sometimes too. It has a very precise meaning which can be convenient.

Click here to practise how to USE this tense.

Try a positive future perfect continuous exercise here

Try an exercise about the negative form here
Practise the question forms here.
Practise all the forms with this mixed exercise.

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The Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English

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The Future Perfect Continuous Tense isn't used very much in English and it is a little complicated to make. However, at higher levels it is great to understand it, and maybe use it sometimes too. It has a very precise meaning which can be convenient. Click here to practise how to USE this tense.

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Download this explanation about 'used to' in PDF.

'Used to + infinitive':

We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don't do in the present. We also use it to talk about states in the past which are no longer true. For example:

I used to have long hair (but now I have short hair).

He used to smoke (but now he doesn't smoke).

They used to live in India (but now they live in Germany).

Watch out! With the negative and the question it's 'use' and not 'used':

Did you use to be a teacher?

Did he use to study French?

She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now.

I didn't use to want to have a nice house.

Note! With this 'used to' there is no verb 'be'. We CAN'T say 'I am used to have long hair'. Try an exercise about 'used to + infinitive' here.
'Would + infinitive'

We can also use 'would + infinitive' to talk about a habit or repeated action in the past. We usually use 'would + infinitive' in this way when we're telling a story about the past. So, we can say:

When I was a student, we would often have a drink after class on a Friday.

When I lived in Italy, we would go to a little restaurant near our house.

However, we don't use 'would + infinitive' to talk about states in the past. So, if we're talking about the past, we CAN'T say: Try an exercise about 'used to' and 'would' here.
'Be used to':

We use 'be used to + verb-ing' to talk about things which feel normal for us or things that we are accustomed to:

I'm used to getting up early, so I don't mind doing it (= getting up early is normal for me, it's what I usually do).

My little daughter is used to eating lunch at noon. So she was grumpy yesterday when we didn't eat until one.

Note that we make the negative or the question with the verb 'be' in the normal way. The 'used to' doesn't change:

Lucy isn't used to staying up late, so she's very tired today.

Are your children used to walking a lot?

We can also use 'be used to + noun', which has the same meaning:

I've lived in the UK almost all my life, so I'm used to rain (= rain is normal for me).

That football team always lose, so they're used to disappointment!

We can put the verb 'be' into any tense. So we can talk about things in the past or the future as well as the present using this expression:

It was difficult when I first started university, because I wasn't used to the amount of work we had to do.

Soon I'll be used to driving in London and I won't be so frightened!

We can use 'get used to + verb-ing' to talk about the change of not normal to normal. We can also use this in any tense:

Don't worry if your new job is hard at first. You'll get used to it.

It took me a while, but I got used to speaking another language every day.

It took me a few months to get used to living in Japan. At first everything seemed very different, but then gradually it became normal for me.

Try an exercise about 'be used to' here. Click here for a list of all the verb patterns exercises.

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WHEN TO USE GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES  ****

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Gerunds and infinitives are very common in the English language.

But how do you know when to use an infinitive and when to use a gerund?

The five simple rules below are sure to help!

Contents

Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere.Click here to get a copy. (Download)

What Is an Infinitive? What Is a Gerund?

An infinitive is the verb form that has "to" at the beginning. For example, "to do," "to sleep," "to love" and "to create." It is the simplest verb form that you have to modify to fit into sentences.

For example, "She sleeps" no longer contains the infinitive of the verb "to sleep." Instead, it has been conjugated into the simple present third person form of the verb "to sleep": sleeps.

Infinitives are easy!

How about gerunds?

Gerunds are formed by adding "-ing" to the verb: "sleeping," "drawing," "swimming." But they are not the "-ing" verb forms that you see in the present or past continuous tense. They look the same, but gerunds are actually verb forms used as nouns.

Let's take the infinitive of the verb "to sleep" and use it in two different sentences:

This is the present continuous. "Sleeping" here is part of the verb. It is not a gerund. Here's the second sentence:

This is present simple, but it contains a gerund. "Sleeping" is the direct object of this sentence.

Now that you know the difference between infinitives and gerunds, let's introduce the rules that will help you use both correctly.

While the rules below will help you understand how infinitives and gerunds should be used, you should make sure to practice them so you can use them in real life. One easy way to do this is by learning with FluentU videos.

5 Simple Rules to Master the Use of Gerunds and Infinitives

Rule 1: Gerunds can be used as a subject of a sentence.

Take a look at some examples.
Walking is good for your health. Making friends has become more difficult since I moved to a new city. Becoming a millionaire is a dream of many young people today.
Here, the gerunds (in bold) are part of the sentence subjects ("walking," "making friends," "becoming a millionaire"). All three sentences sound like normal, everyday English.

Now read these two sentences:
"To be or not to be-that is the question.""To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on."
(Both sentences are quotes from William Shakespeare's works.)

They sound formal, don't they? They are poetic, aren't they? Shakespeare is one of the greatest authors of all time, but his English is famously difficult to understand. And that's because it is literature. It is formal and it is art.

In those two quotes, the infinitives "to be" and "to mourn" are used as the sentence subjects.

So, it is possible to use both infinitives and gerunds as subjects, but gerunds are much more commonly used as subjects. Just pay attention to how the choice reflects on the tone and meaning of your sentences.

Rule 2: Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as objects of a sentence.

You may say:

You may also say:
"Yesterday, I decided to draw."
Both sentences are correct, but one has an infinitive as the object and the other has a gerund as the object.

What is the difference?

It's the verbs that precede (come before) the object! Some verbs require a gerund and some will require an infinitive. In the above examples, we can see that the formula is "enjoy" + [gerund] and "decide" + [infinitive].

With practice, you will be able to remember which one is which.

Here are a few examples of verbs that need to be followed by an infinitive:

There are lots of verbs that require an infinitive after. You will learn them naturally, as you progress in your English studies.

And here are a few examples of verbs that need to be followed by a gerund:

consider (think about): I considered staying silent, but I had to tell her.

mention (say something): She mentioned seeing my brother at a baseball game.

Rule 3: Infinitives should be used after many adjectives.

Here are three sample sentences that will help to illustrate this rule:
It is necessary to speak English to work in a hotel.
When you describe something with an adjective (underlined in the examples above), an infinitive should follow (in bold). Using gerunds here would be incorrect.

But remember! If you want to make that object into a subject (see Rule 1), a gerund should be used:
Graduating from university is not easy. Speaking English is necessary to work in a hotel. Having close friends is wonderful.
How else do you know if an adjective should be followed by an infinitive? The construct " too + [adjective] " is another way to tell!

For example:

And the same is true about "[adjective] + enough":

Rule 4: Only infinitives are used after certain verbs followed by nouns or pronouns referring to a person.
"We asked her not to go."
In this sentence, "we" is the subject, "asked" is the verb and "her" is the objective form of the pronoun "she." You must use an infinitive ("to go"), never a gerund, after certain verbs followed by nouns or pronouns referring to people.

To remember this rule, you will have to study verbs that take an object and an infinitive in this context.

Start with these examples. The objects (nouns and pronouns) are underlined. Notice how the underlined objects are all followed by infinitives.

hire (give a job to someone): Did the company hire youjust to sit in your office?

Rule 5: Only gerunds are used after prepositions (with one exception).

Consider this sentence:
I talked him out of taking that job.
Here, the gerund "taking" follows the preposition "of."

Prepositions can follow any word, be it a noun, a pronoun, a verb or an adjective. In the examples below, the prepositions are underlined, followed by the gerunds in bold.
A preposition that follows a noun: A preposition that follows a pronoun: A preposition that follows a verb: A preposition that follows an adjective:
There is one exception. Thankfully, it should be easy to remember!
The exception
"But" is a short word that connects two clauses of a sentence together. It is called a conjunction. Sometimes, "but" can also play a role of a preposition. When "but" is used as a preposition, it is the same in meaning as "except."

If "but" or "except" are used like this, they need to be followed by an infinitive:

I had no choice but to follow her.
(I had to follow her.)

Mary made no stops on the way except to get gas.
(Mary only stopped to get gas.)

There is nothing left for me to do but to collect my money and go.
(I only have to collect my money and go.)

You may not see "but" and "except" used this way often. Just follow the rule of gerunds after prepositions, and you will get it right most of the time!

Gerunds and infinitives may be confusing, but they make your English speech more varied and colorful. It is very useful to study them and practice using them correctly. The more you notice gerunds and infinitives in your study of the English language, the easier it will get!

Sometimes you will be unsure if you need to use an infinitive or a gerund in a sentence. In this situation, try changing the sentence and saying what you want to say in a different way.

Practicing is how you become more fluent. It is important to practice.

Happy studying!

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Ways to talk about crime in English

There are a lot of specialized words and phrases in English. There is formal terminology that judges, lawyers, and newspaper reporters use. There's also informal language that people use when talking about crimes in casual conversation. This list will get you started with some common phrases that are "in between": not slang, but not too technical.

Actions related to crime:

attempt (a crime) - try to do it

commit (a crime) - do it

get arrested for (a crime) - get caught by the police and taken to jail

be accused of (a crime) - have someone say that you did it

be charged with (a crime) - be officially accused through the legal process

be suspected of (a crime) - have people think that you did it

be acquitted of (a crime) - have a judge or jury decide that you're not guilty

be convicted of (a crime) - have a judge or jury decide that you're guilty

serve time for (a crime) - go to prison because you did it

witness (a crime) - see what happened

be a victim of (a crime) - have a crime done to you

Some examples of crimes:

Violent crime includes the following:

armed robbery (like robbing a bank or a liquor store)

mugging (robbing someone by threatening them with a gun or knife)

murder (killing someone)

kidnapping (taking someone and keeping them illegally)

assault (beating someone up)

sexual assault / rape (having sex with someone who doesn't want it)

White-collar crimes are different kinds of theft and fraud that don't physically threaten anyone.

insurance fraud (making a false claim in order to get money from an insurance company)

identity theft (taking someone's personal information so that you can use their credit cards or bank accounts)

tax evasion (not paying your taxes on purpose)

bribery (giving money to a politician, police officer, etc. to get favors from them)

blackmail (threatening to release someone's secrets in order to control them)

Misdemeanors are less serious crimes which usually don't cause serious harm to other people.

shoplifting (stealing something out of a store)

drug posession (having illegal drugs)

vandalism (doing graffiti or breaking things)

prostitution (having sex for money)

tresspassing (going onto someone's property without permission)

drunk driving

Common sayings related to "crime"

Ways to describe people

Other phrases related to crime

the criminal justice system

crime rates are going up

the punishment doesn't fit the crime

organized crime (like the mafia)

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