Phrasal Verbs and Idioms

Phrasal Verb and Idiom Friday!

Sometimes things don't work out how we expected them to. Maybe you bought a lemon, and now you have a massive repair bill on your hands. Photo by Kha Ruxury on Pexels.com Maybe you and a good friend got into a heated argument and now you're not sure how to make it up to them.… Continue reading Phrasal Verb and Idiom Friday!

Grammar help

Grammar Help: Past Simple or Present Perfect?

I was talking to one of my students last week, and asked him, 'Did I tell you I put a vegetable garden in my backyard?' Nearing the end of our lesson, he asked me why I had used the past simple and not the present perfect. If I had used the present perfect, my question… Continue reading Grammar Help: Past Simple or Present Perfect?