Hello, it has been a while. I am just adding this because some of my students have had problems with ‘ing’ actions and ‘go’ verbs. “He went to shopping.” MISTAKE. “He went shopping.” CORRECT. Go to a place but don’t go to an action. Use ‘go to’, ‘went to’ or ‘gone to’ with places. “I … [Read more…]
Regrets are difficult for students to talk about. What’s a regret? It’s wishing you could change the past by doing an action you didn’t do or by not doing an action you did do. You can express regrets by using the verb ‘regret’ in the following way. Using a gerund (‘~ing’ verb) and object: “I … [Read more…]
‘Remember’ is a confusing verb because learners get confused with infinitives and gerunds (~ing verbs behaving as nouns). Remember + noun phrase The easiest way of using ‘remember’ is with nouns or noun phrases. I remember you. I remember the time we went to the zoo. Remember + infinitive When an infinitive follows remember it … [Read more…]
There are a few verbs in English that tend not to be used in their continuous (~ing) form. Belong is one of them. Simply, something belongs or it does not. Examples: He belongs to the rugby team. CORRECT He is belonging to the rugby team. INCORRECT There are two times when you can use ‘belonging’, … [Read more…]
How to use ‘stop’ with another verb is difficult to remember for some students but there is an easy way to remember how to use it correctly. Stop + infinitive Using ‘stop’ with the infinitive (i.e. ‘stop to…’) means pausing because there is another different action that the person or thing does. I had to … [Read more…]