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English Grammar for Beginners:

• Unit 1: A, an, some any and the

• Unit 2: Some, any + body/one, + thing, + where

• Unit 3: Personal pronouns and possessives

• Unit 4: Reflexive pronouns, the reciprocal pronoun "each other" and object pronouns

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Intermediate English Grammar:

• Unit 1: The verb "to be"

• Unit 2: The modal verbs "can" and "may"

• Unit 3: The verb "have"

• Unit 4: Have to, must, need not, cannot and should

• Unit 5: The simple present and the present continuous

• Unit 6: The simple past and the past continuous

• Unit 7: The present perfect simple, the simple past, the present perfect continuous, the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous

• Unit 8: The "be going to" form, the present continuous and the future simple

• Unit 9: Irregular verbs

• Unit 10: Conditional sentences

English Grammar Step by Step:

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• Unit 1: Negative and interrogative sentences

• Unit 2: Short answers

• Unit 3: Question tags

• Unit 4: Questions and exclamations

• Unit 5: So, neither, nor, either

• Unit 6: Be, used to, would, be/get/become used to, dare, have, get, become, grow, go, turn, fall and feel

• Unit 7: Verb tenses: forms

• Unit 8: Irregular verbs

• Unit 9: Verb tenses: uses

• Unit 10: Personal pronouns, possessives and reflexive pronouns

• Unit 11: The genitive case

• Unit 12: Singular and plural nouns

• Unit 13: Gender

• Unit 14: A, an, some, any, no, not, none, each, every and the; compounds of some, any, no and every

• Unit 15: Neither, not...either, none, not...any, both and all

• Unit 16: A few, few, a lot, lots, a little, little, many, much, no and plenty

• Unit 17: Enough, too, so and such

• Unit 18: Comparative and superlative sentences

• Unit 19: The adjective order

• Unit 20: Relative clauses

• Unit 21: Do and make

• Unit 22: Modal verbs

• Unit 23: Infinitives, gerunds and present participles

• Unit 24: Conditional sentences

• Unit 25: Passive sentences

• Unit 26: Reported speech

• Unit 27: Purpose

• Unit 28: Word order

• Unit 29: Inversion

• Unit 30: Connectors

• Unit 31: Prepositions

• Unit 32: Phrasal verbs

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Author: rachid50 | Published: 08-12-2010 | Times seen: 1640761 | Category: English Grammar: Beginners

Hello Mike Help

Hi Dear Mike

I was talked with a friend and he asks me , where I live , I told him , I live in Algeria , He said :
I have been there for 2 years.
The problem is why he don't said
I was there for 2 years .

what i know from "Have been" it means he still live in Algeria but now he doesn't live here.

Thank You

Author: Mike | Published: 27-12-2010 | Times seen: 1640642 | Category: English Grammar: Beginners

Re: [rachid50] Hello Mike Help

Hello!

Please read example 15 at http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/verb_tenses_uses.php#example15 and http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/verb_tenses_uses1.php Your question is answered there.

The present perfect is quite common with for, but all depends on the context. In this particular case, I prefer "I was there for two years".

Best regards,
Mike

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