The Big Three (grammar drilling starts here)

Vous voulez faire de la grammaire? D’accord, je vous aide. Vous savez, d’ailleurs, que je ne suis pas fan d’exercices type ‘scolaires’, et qu’une approche ‘lexicale’ est plus efficace. Disons qu’il faut faire de la grammaire, mais d’une façon utile, c’est à dire, dans des phrases qu’on peut utiliser tous les jours, et pas dans [...]

present simple or present progressive (continuous)

Watch the video, then try this exercise. You have to decide if there is a grammatical mistake in the sentences. I’ve added some comments in the answer section. * * * * I don’t like travelling with him, he is driving too fast.Mistake : I don’t likeMistake : he is driving too fastno mistakeLook at [...]

Present: simple or progressive?

It’s not easy to teach the difference between these two tenses, so try this: in the following pairs, which sentence would be more natural to an English speaker? 1. a. I he is never on time. b. He’s never being on time. 2. a. He always tells lies. (lies: mensonges) b. He’s always telling lies. [...]