New lesson posted to, "English Lessons - Idioms"

Formulaic Language, Idioms are a fixed combination of words whose meanings are often difficult to guess from the meaning of each individual word - idioms are a type of formulaic language. Learn what formulaic language is and different types of formulaic language. You can see an overview of this video lesson in the video bar to your right.

Easter Wishes

Progressive Verb Forms

Progressive Verb Forms (also known as Continuous Forms). 
Structure of the Progressive Forms:
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (gerund) Sometimes a modal verb can be used before the auxiliary verb: subject + modal verb (could/would/should) + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (gerund) There are other structures such as the Present Perfect Continous: subject + auxiliary verb (have) + past participle (been) + main verb (gerund) We use the progressive from when:

• we want to describe an action that is happing right now

• we want to describe an action that will be happening in the future

• we want to describe an activity or process that started in the past and is still going on

Here are some examples:

• We are reading an interesting story right now.

• My wife is flying to Madrid tomorrow.

• My wife would be flying to Madrid tomorrow if she had a holiday.

•  Our partners have been working with us for 10 years now.

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English Around the World

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England. Around 375 million people speak English as their first language, making it the largest language by number of native speakers after Mandarin Chinese. However, when combining native and non-native speakers, English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. It is claimed that non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers by a ratio of three to one. Read the rest of the story, "English Around the World" here and get a free
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