This verb tense, the present perfect, seems so difficult. After all, it refers to the past, despite its name, and it's hard to know what is so perfect about it.  We're going to explore this verb tense so that it becomes easy to use.

How Have You Been?  The Present Perfect Tense

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My Pet, My Dog: Americans' Love Affair with Pets

Nouns and pronouns must get along in English! They must agree about things like person (I, you, he/she/it, they) and number (singular or plural). In today's podcast, we practice with agreement of nouns and pronouns and listen to some examples from your essays. And there are opportunities for you to practice as well.

Noun-Pronoun Agreement: Mr. President and the First Lady

What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious.  In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time reference and verb tense.  Join us as we explore the past, the present and the future!

What Is a Verb? We Podcast about English Grammar

If you want to be confused with English grammar, just look at the problem of gerunds and infinitive phrases! At the ESL Help! Desk, with our podcasts, we make it easy for you.  In this lesson, we discuss the pattern Verb + Noun or Pronoun + Infinitive Phrase.

English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases_Pattern_4

If you want to be confused with English grammar, just look at the problem of gerunds and infinitive phrases! At the ESL Help! Desk, with our podcasts, we make it easy for you.  In this lesson, we discuss verbs when the object is an infinitive phrase.

How Have You Been? The Present Perfect Tense

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