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Today I've prepared something for my French speaking students. I've noticed that many of you forget to add prepositions after some verbs and although it doesn't necessarily kill the conversation, it can cause some confusion. Study the examples below and try to remember about them during your next English chat! You can find the printable version of this lesson by clicking HERE . Verbs + prepositions ·          After some verbs we use a particular preposition (e.g. for; on; to; of etc.) VERB PREPOSITION EXAMPLE Wait For Wait for me! / Attends-moi! Listen To Listen to me! / Écoutez-moi! Belong To That belongs to me. / C'est à moi. Ask For He asked for a cup of tea./ Il a demandé une tasse de thé. Apply For And how did you apply for the job ? / Et comment avez-vous postulé po...

We've already done the past tenses revision , so today we're going to look at different ways we can talk about the present. I assume that the majority of you don't have problems with Present Simple or Present Continuous but don't necessarily feel confident when it comes to Present Perfect tenses. It is understandable as it is often difficult to find their equivalents in our native languages but FEAR NOT MY FRIENDS - once you practise a bit, it will become a piece of cake! You can find the printable version of this lesson (and some extra speaking activities) by clicking HERE . Present Simple Present Perfect Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Be used to +ing Construction: I live in Switzerland. * She/He/It live s in Switzerland. I don’t live in Switzerland. * She/He/It doesn’t live in Switzerland. Where do you live ? Where does she/he/it live ? Const...

Are you sometimes confused about which tense to use when talking about the past? Don't worry, you're not the only one! Today we'll revise and compare all the past tenses that cause your confusion. Let's be clear - I do not think that you need all of them to survive (you definately don't need Past Perfect Continuous to survive:) ) but I also don't encourage using Past Simple for each and every story you tell. Come on - you're better than that! Remind yourself of the passion you once had for learning the language, put your ambitious hat on - and ... let's go! You can download the printable version of this post with some extra speaking activities by clicking here . Past Simple Present Perfect Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous Construction: I bought a car last week.   I didn’t buy a car last week.   Did you buy a car last week? Construction: I’ve bought ...