English Explained Simply

You must choose the correct answer from the four options. This exercise is obviously not based on chance. Mastering the rules of conjugation is essential to succeeding in this test.  However, it is sometimes possible to find the correct answer purely by luck. Nevertheless, reviewing the grammar rules is a valuable asset for understanding them fully and memorizing them permanently.     To memorize or review grammatical rules, you can refer to previous posts: ' Present tenses - Past tenses - Present-perfect tenses and Past-perfect tenses ' (dated June 30, 2025) as well as: 'How do the present, past, present-perfect and past-perfect compare' (dated October 10, 2025). The level of this exercise is  B1.  (The answers to this exercise can be found at the bottom of this page). EXERCISE: 1. The doomsayers who predicted you failure in business have so far …  a) to be going unheard.    b) gone unheard.    c) to be unheard.    d...

You are asked to find the correct tense of the verbs in round brackets. To memorize the grammatical rules, you can refer to the previous posts: 'Present tenses-Past tenses-Present-perfect tenses and Past-perfect tenses' (dated June 30, 2025) as well as: 'How do the present, past, present-perfect and past-perfect compare' (dated October 10, 2025). The level of this exercise is A2.  (The answer to the exercise is a little further down). EXERCISE: 1. Water ( boil)  at 100° Celsius . 2. We ( want) to settle here. 3. Cows ( graze)   on the grass. 4.   Stop, you (repeat)   everything I say and it ( be)   not funny! 5 .  Look, she ( misbehave) again.   6. Wild animals ( live) in the jungle. 7.   Look who has just arrived, she ( wear) an orange sweater with electric green pants and black sneakers. 8.   Stop it, they ( get) angry! 9. We ( import)   raw materials to make our products. 10. She ( not know)   how to appreciate ...