Grammar Quiz explanation!

I lived in Rome. This means I don't live in Rome anymore.  This is the past simple tense.
 
I've lived in Paris, London and Los Angeles.  This means I know all these cities now.  This is the present perfect tense for past experiences with no time/date.
 
I've been living in London for 5 years.  This means I'm living there now.  The present perfect continuous tense is used to emphasize the length of time.
 
I'm living in London.  This is the present continuous tense - and it means that usually I live somewhere else, I'm only in London temporarily.  If London is your home, you would say I live in London.

Grammar quiz!

What are the different tenses in these sentences, and what are the differences in meaning?

I lived in Paris.
I've lived in Paris, London and Los Angeles.
I've been living in London for 5 years.
I'm living in London.

Awesome adjectives: quaint

quaint

[kweynt] 

This means - attractive/interesting and also old-fashioned - old style. 

It has a positive meaning.

Examples:

A quaint village

An old, quaint house

A quaint green door

A quaint shop

A quaint bar

Comparative and superlative:  quainter, quaintest
Adverb:  quaintly
Noun:  quaintness

Antonyms  (opposites): ordinary, modern, new

Grammar quiz answer

Are both of these sentences correct or not?  Why?  What's the difference? 

1)  He's been married three times.
2)  He married three times.

Both sentences are correct.

The first sentence uses the present perfect tense, because the man is not dead.  He's still alive, so his life isn't finished.  Maybe he will marry again.

The second sentence uses the past simple tense,  because the man is dead.  His life is finished, so he won't marry again!

Note - "married" can be both used as an adjective, and as a verb.

"He's married" - this is an adjective.
"He married his wife last year" - this is a verb in the past simple tense.

It is more common to say "get married" rather than "marry".
E.g.  "They got married last year."  "She is getting married in December."  (Instead of "she is going to marry in December" or "They married last year".

A little grammar quiz!

Are both of these sentences correct or not?  Why?  What's the difference? 

1)  He's been married three times.
2)  He married three times.

Read the answer here tomorrow!

Awesome adjectives: ecstatic!

ecstatic

This means: very, very, very happy and/or excited.
E.g. "She was ecstatic she had passed her exams!"

Useful synonyms (similar words) - overjoyed, thrilled, rapt

Opposites - depressed, troubled, miserable

Pronunciation -
ec'static - (ek-STAT-ik) the stress is on the second syllable.

Listen to the word here:

Great students :-)

Awesome adjectives: gooey!

Gooey

This means: -
Sticky, soft, often sweet.
We often use this word to talk about food.
"The honey has leaked out of the jar - the jar is all gooey."

It can have a negative meaning: "Don't touch it, it's gooey!"

Or positive - see this recipe for gooey chocolate chip cookies:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/26606/gooey+chocolate+chip+cookies

Yum! Gooey chocolate is definitely a good thing :-)

'gooier, 'gooiest, 'gooily