Mr. P. will begin the lesson by giving a description of modal/auxiliary verbs. He will then delve into the three different ways to use may and might. He will end the lesson by giving an exercise to complete. This lesson is designed for...

This video is about verb patterns. In this mini lesson, Mr. P./Marc will explain four types of verb patterns: Verb + gerund, verb + infinitive, verb + to + gerund, and verb + base of a verb (without either an infinitive or a gerund). As...

Let take an in-depth look at the use of two modals in English: Might and could. These modal verbs are used to talk about possibilities. In this lesson, I will cover past, present, future possibilities, and there are lots of examples to...

Catenative verbs are verbs that connect to other verb forms and form a chain; thus their name catenative because in Latin, catena means chain. A catenative verb will link or connect to other verbs to form a chain of verbs. And in theory,...

Conditional Sentences have two clauses: the conditional clause and the results clause. The conditional clause is a subordinate adverbial clause usually known as the “IF” clause. The IF clause expresses the condition. The results clause...

Used to is a semi-modal verb. This means, it needs a helping verb to ask and make negative sentences. In this video, Mr. P. will talk about how to use "used to", and will compare it with the Past Simple Tense. At the end of the lesson,...

In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc explains seven different ways you could use the verb have. Some of them being; have/has got to - have/has better, using have as a full verb, modal auxiliary and auxiliary.

He provides simple examples to...

Today, you’ll learn how we define true causative verbs The causative verb structure of the sentence The Causative verb structure of the sentence. (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative) Using modals with the causative structure The...

What happens if you want to express past real life situations? What if you want to express a habit that happened in the past or things that were true in the past? These are things or events that used to happen but do not happen any more....

In this lesson, you will learn about the zero, first, second, and third conditionals. You will also learn about mixed conditionals and inverted, or reduced, conditionals. You'll also learn how the subjunctive mood is triggered by the...

An infinitive is a verb that is not bound by time. An infinitive is a base verb, or a verb in its basic form. This is called the bare infinitive. But when you think of the infinitive you probably think of the verb form called the full...

Learning this language just got harder...double contractions in English are crazy. Reserved for speaking only, I will help you with the British English pronunciation and understanding of these double contractions.

This lesson is an introduction to reducing adverb or adverbial clauses. There may be times when you will want to reduce the adverb clause. The reduced adverb clause is especially used in formal writing by adding variety to your sentence...