Know Your Tenses!

In English, we have 3 basic tenses: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

Each of these basic tenses branches out to 4 specific parts.

Hence, there are:-

Past Simple Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Present Simple Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Future Simple Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Referred from: English Club

Personally, I find it easier to explain each of these tenses one at a time.
So, look out for the next posts on tenses! :)

Idioms?

Picture taken from: Read Write Think

What are idioms? They are words which have another meaning, separate from the supposed meaning. Idioms might have a meaning beyond the literal and obvious; it is figurative.

Here are some of the most common idioms and their suggested meanings:

1. A Piece of Cake
- a task that is easy or simple to complete

2. Barking Up The Wrong Tree
- to make wrong or bad assumptions about something

3. Cry Over Spilled Milk
- one should not be worried over things that have already happened and cannot be changed

4. Down to Earth
- a person who is humble

5. Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
- to be optimistic in any situation

6. Fit as a Fiddle
- to be very healthy

7. Go Out on a Limb
- putting oneself in a risky situation in order to help others

8. Hands Down
- something of certainty

9. In a Pickle
- being stuck in an undesirable situation

10. Put a Sock In It
- asking someone to be quiet

Taken from: Know Your Phrase

Which of these idioms have you heard or used most often?