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...

Grammar is the set of rules to follow in order to speak and write a language correctly. It is also the part of linguistics which brings together phonology , morphology and syntax . THE PRESENT TENSES I. The simple present tense A) Use: - Repetitive actions or daily routine (I get up at 6am on weekdays) - Permanent condition (I live in Leffrinckoucke, near Dunkirk in France) - General truth (Leaves fall in Autumn) B) Grammatical forms: - In a question: do, does + subject + infinitive verb (Do you want to come with me?) - In a positive statement: subject + verb + s or es (Yes, I want to come with you) - In a negative statement: subject + do, does + not + verb (No, I don't want to come with you) C) Time markers: Always, often sometimes, rarely, from time to time, usually, never (I seldom go to the flicks) II. The present continuous tense A) Use: - Things that are going on at the time of speaking (Ann is currently listening to the radio) - Something that happens over a limited peri...