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Which Tenses to Use for Future Events and Plans?

Hm, knowing which tense to use to describe a future event or a future plan can be confusing, but it’s just the beginning. After that comes the real trouble - learning whether to use Past Simple or Present Perfect, trying to use Conditionals properly, and wrapping your head around each and every Conditional type.

What is the difference between Simple Past and Present Perfect Tense

There’s no shame in struggling to differentiate between Past Simple, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect. English has its share of bumps - choosing the correct tense to talk about the future, using Conditionals correctly, and telling all the Conditionals apart, among others.

To learn about past tenses, you first have to have some previous knowledge of grammar. You need to be familiar with the most common English tenses, to know how to use the main tenses, and to differentiate between Present Simple and Present Continuous easily.

So, Present Simple or Present Continuous? It sounds easier than getting to know all the main tenses in English, using these tenses adequately, and mastering every past tense there is. But is it? Is there such a thing as easy grammar when you’re just starting out?

How do you know what tense to use in English?

Everybody would like to learn the tenses quickly and without a fuss, but is such a thing even possible? Some would say no, but we disagree.

It would all be so much easier if it weren’t for those pesky tenses! And we feel you, as even learning the most common of tenses can be a Mount Everest climb.

What to do with the ins, the ats, and the ons, indeed! These ones are tricky, we can agree on that. Trickier than learning to form questions, more treacherous than knowing how to ask questions properly, and even slyer than other prepositions of time.

Using prepositions. Urgh! Every English learner can relate to this! Just when you’ve learned how to form questions, and you’ve mastered the subtle art of asking questions adequately, you have to wrap your head around using ins, ons, ats, and other pesky buggers correctly. Urgh indeed.

There are many ways to inquire in English, but still, with all that variety, there is still a right way for asking questions, and a wrong one. You first need to master all the types of questions in English, then learn how to use prepositions in affirmative sentences, and, finally, see what happens to prepositions in questions.

Many an English learner, nay, every English language learner has had difficulties with asking questions in English. “How do I form questions?” is one of the most common predicaments learners face, right next to using prepositions correctly, and finding out when to use in, on, and at. Well, first things first, let’s see how you can speed up your question-learning efforts at one of San Diego language schools.

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Which Tenses to Use for Future Events and Plans?

Pesky Perfects: How to Deal with Present and Past Perfect?

Past Tenses: How Many Are There and How Should I Use Them?

Present Simple or Present Continuous: Which One Do I Use?

Tricky Tenses: Is There a Way to Learn and Use Them Easily?

Tenses in English: How Many Are There and What Are the Main Ones?

In, on, and at: What Do I Do With Them?

A Brief-but-Detailed How-to on Using Prepositions

How to Handle Asking Questions in English

The Beginner’s Guide to Asking Questions in English

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