Second Conditional: What Would You Do?
Key rule: The situation is imaginary or unlikely. We use past simple in the if-clause, but the meaning is present or future.
Category: English Teaching
“Have you ever…?” — Present Perfect for Experience
Key rule: We use the present perfect for experiences when the exact time is not important or not known. The focus is on whether the experience happened, not when.
Lesson 10: Comparatives & Superlatives — Stronger, Best, Most Fragrant (A2)
By Sourov Deb — Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours and four written assignments validated to the required standard.
Lesson 9: Articles — A, An, The, or Nothing? (A2)
By Sourov Deb — Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours and four written assignments validated to the required standard.
Lesson 8: Inversion for Emphasis — Never Had I Seen… (C1)
By Sourov Deb — Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours and four written assignments validated to the required standard.
Lesson 7: Relative Clauses — The City Where I Grew Up (B2)
By Sourov Deb — Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours and four written assignments validated to the required standard.
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