Another excellent video from Paul in America. My students sometimes ask me, “how long have you been living in France?” and this question is grammatically correct. But let me ask you, which do you prefer: A. Where do you live? B. Where are you living? I’m sure most of you would answer A, because ‘live’ [...]
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You should know these verbs and their past forms (prétérit) Study the list quickly, then use the link below to test yourself. Je dors – I sleep j’ai dormi – I slept Je travaille – I work j’ai travaillé – I worked Je regarde – I watch J’ai regardé – I watched je mange – [...]
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In the sentence, “He is being nice”, the word ‘being’ is the present participle In the sentence “Being ill is really unpleasant”, the word ‘being’ is a gerund. A gerund looks like a verb, but acts like a noun. We can follow the verb ‘like’ with either an infinitive or a gerund: I like to [...]
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