VOA慢速英语:Do You Wish You Knew Better Grammar?

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 verb back shifting rule – grammatical term. The concept of going back one verb tense.

present simple

past simple

present progressive

past progressive

past simple

past perfect

present perfect

inspirational – adj. causing people to want to do or create something

hypothetical – adj. not real : imagined as an example

imply – v. to express (something) in an indirect way : to suggest (something) without saying or showing it plainly

regret – n. to feel sad or sorry about (something that you did or did not do) : to have regrets about (something)

jailhouse – n. a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime

context – n. the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning

interchangeably – adv.  capable of being used in place of each other