Essential English 05: Can Part 2

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Present tense of "To be" and numbers 1 to 5 

Present tense of "To have" and numbers 6 to 10 

Sometimes the verb "have" can be used in the present continuous (having) and sometimes it can be replaced by "have got"... but not always. In today's podcast, I'll teach you 15 expressions with the verb "have" and tell you whether you can use "having" and "have got" in these phra ... Show More

Yes, you can start a sentence with "because." Here's how to do it. What are helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs), and why do people in some regions say things such as "might could" and "might should"? English writers didn't always use a dot over the letter "i." We'll talk ... Show More

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- Grammar point - The particle wa cannot be used together with a question word, because wa specifies the topic of a sentence, which is information already known to the speaker. On the other hand, it is possible to use wa when there is a question word in the comment (the part of t ... Show More

Do you have a minute to learn some English? Can James tell us 3 uses of can? Yes, he can!