Insight is a new five-level English course for secondary students. It is a thought-provoking course which will challenge your students to reach their full potential.
insight Student's Book is packed full of interesting, thought provoking topics and information rich texts which challenge students' opinions. Speaking tasks encourage your students to express their own opinions and to reflect on the information they have read and heard, really engaging with the material.

Present Perfect Simple Vs Past Simple

Learn how to choose between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

We use the past simple for past events or actions which have no connection to the present.

We use the present perfect for actions which started in the past and are still happening now OR for finished actions which have a connection to the present.

 

Here’s an infographics on the grammar mistakes we often make and come across while combating with English. From words which are easily confused to words which are spelled funny.

May I Quote You on That?: A Guide to Grammar and Usage

Though there is no shortage of English grammar and usage guides, Stephen Spector here offers a new approach, pairing grammar rules with interesting and humorous quotations from American popular culture. The book, which Spector has used informally in his introductory-level History of English course for over forty years, focuses on words and usage rules commonly misused or misapplied by undergraduate students - such as discreet/discrete, double negatives, the singular and plural verbs for "everyone," and the distinction between "that" and "which."

The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." It takes an editorial stance which is supportive of free trade, globalisation, government health and education spending, as well as other, more limited forms of governmental intervention. It targets highly educated readers and claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers.