As a modern European language, English is generally not grammatically complicated, however it does have certain elements which are tricky and do not necessarily exist in other languages and one of these is phrasal verbs. ...
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Reported speech in English
Reported speech is used to explain what somebody said, without quoting the exact words. For example, you could say: “I found an article that said that reported speech is used to explain what someone says ...
Read More »Question tags in the simple past
You do remember how to use question tags, don’t you? Let’s take a quick look at some questions tags asking for confirmation in the present. For example: You like him, don’t you? You don’t eat fish, ...
Read More »How to use the conditional with the future in English
Today we are looking at the “the future conditional,” or better known as “the first conditional,” and how to use it correctly. This conditional is normally used to express consequences or the results of a ...
Read More »Adverbs of Manner
We are going to look at adverbs of manner today. You may remember that adjectives are used to describe nouns. However, adverbs are used to describe verbs or rather, to say how something happens, or ...
Read More »Adverbs of time and place
In the past units you have studied all about adverbs. For example in unit 16 you learned about adverbs of frequency, in unit 75 you focused on adverbs of quantity, and finally in unit 83 ...
Read More »The use of “will” in English
Hello ABA friends! The modal verb “will” is very important to learn in English as it will help you use the simple future tense in the correct way. Learning to speak in the future tenses ...
Read More »The past simple vs the present perfect
Do you know how and when to use the past simple and the present perfect correctly in English? If not, don’t worry because we are here to show you exactly how! Need some help with ...
Read More »Past simple of “to have to”
“Must” has no past form, so we generally use the past form of “to have to” to refer to past obligations or strong necessities. Let’s take a look at some examples, shall we? She had ...
Read More »Conditional sentences with modal verbs
We are going to look at conditional sentences using the modals “can”, “must”, “may” and “might”, instead of “will.” The conditional used with these modal verbs is usually the first conditional. Its purpose is to ...
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