Using different tenses can really help you to improve  – you are going to sound more natural when speaking in English, and be able to describe more complex situations. So, stop using just the present simple tense! This episode shows you exactly how to do it! Here is the sample text that I use in the audio: I read engineering at Bristol University and I graduated in 2006.  Upon graduation, I went to work for a local manufacturing company where I learnt a lot about production and product development. After working at the company for 10 years, I decided to become undefended and, in 2018, I set up my own consulting company, helping small companies to get started with engineering projects. The company has only been going for a few months now, but I am really enjoying it, and we are starting to see some great results. Over the next few years, I plan to expand the business, move into new markets, and help technical entrepreneurs from overseas.  I am also going to make a big effort to present at more conferences and to really advance my speaking career. What about you?  Do you use different tenses when speaking English? Let me know in the comments section below. I hope you find this episode useful and all the best! Paul Here is the full transcript: In this episode, I’m going to be talking about how to use different tenses to improve your level. Hi there. I’m Paul Urwin, and welcome to the Business English Community Podcast where the world of business meets the English language. We discuss culture, strategies, technique, vocabulary, grammar, and much much more. Find out more at businessenglishcommunity.com. Hi there. I hope you’re having a fantastic day so far, and welcome to episode number three of the Business English Community Podcast. I’m your host, Paul Urwin, and if you are an intermediate or advanced speaker of English looking to take your business English to the next level, then this is the podcast for you. Before we get started, I just wanted to invite you to check out our YouTube channel. We have some really fantastic videos on there. You can find a link on our website, or simply enter business English community into YouTube. Okay, well today I’m going to be talking about different tenses and how to use them effectively, but first of all our business word of the week, and this week’s business word is blue chip. Blue chip. You might hear the expression ‘blue chip shares’ or a ‘blue chip company.’ Well, what does that actually mean, or what does that actually refer to? It refers to a company that is a very big company usually, very safe and very well recognized within the marketplace, probably the sort of brand name that you would have heard of. Now, these companies are supposed to be very safe, stable investments although one or two of these blue chip companies have actually gone bankrupt, so they are certainly not protected completely. But they are generally speaking safe, well established companies, companies that would normally appear in indices such as the FTSE 100 in the UK or the S&P or the Standard & Poor’s 500 in the US. Okay, well where does this expression come from? Well, it comes from poker where the blue chips are traditionally the highest value chips, and therefore it makes sense that the blue chip companies or the blue chip shares or the blue chip stocks are the highest value companies, stocks or shares. I’m talking about companies such as Barclays HSBC, GlaxoSmithKline and Diageo to name but a few. They are really well recognized and well established companies, so that’s word of the week: blue chip. Now onto today’s main topic which is all about how to use tenses to improve your level. Now, what happens to a lot of English learners or a lot of business English learners is that they get to a certain level, and they are able to manage certain tenses, but then they take the decis