Have you ever studied the present perfect tense? We’re excited to promote our NEW lesson on the Present Perfect! We included grammar tips and charts to make this tense easy to teach and learn. We also included both functions of the present perfect along with exercises that compare it to the simple past. The Travel theme makes this lesson fun and relevant! (more…)

It’s National Grammar Day on March 4 in the US! Thanks to social media, other countries are getting in on the act too. And really, any day is a good day to improve your grammar! That’s why I decided to round up all the past grammar posts that I’ve written for Sprout English into one place. They are divided up into posts on verbs, other grammar points, and holidays. It’s my hope that teachers of young learners or students studying on their own can benefit from the tips, explanations, and charts in these blog posts. (more…)

The differences between the present perfect and the present perfect progressive can be subtle, and many students aren’t sure when to use each one. Luckily, both are correct in most cases, but students still want to understand why there are two tenses with such similar uses.

The worksheet below has charts and examples so students can compare these two tenses side by side. For the other use of the present perfect and to compare it with the simple past, see Teaching the Present Perfect. (more…)