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Grammar for Beginners – Introduction to Prepositions
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Prepositions work with other words in prepositional ...
Read More »The Present Simple and The Present Perfect Simple
As requested by Joan Carla Deseles from our Facebook page, today we are going to explain when “I’ve, you’ve, she’s…” is used in a sentence. It can be used as the present simple such, for ...
Read More »How do we use “question tags” in English?
If we want to ask for information we usually use the standard question form. However, sometimes we just want to keep a conversation going, or confirm information. In this case, question tags are often used ...
Read More »Grammar for Beginners – Do or Make?
The verbs ‘do’ and ‘make’ are often confused because ‘do’ goes with some words and ‘make’ goes with others. Another difference is that ‘do’ is an auxiliary verb, ‘make’ is not. When ‘do’ is an ...
Read More »How to use “wish” in English
When we want to express a desire in English for a situation to be different to what it actually is then it is very common to use the verb “to wish”. This verb can be ...
Read More »Linking Adverbs and Transition Words in English
English grammar can be tricky at times, especially when it comes to finding the correct connectors or linking words. Today, to try to make the language that little bit easier, we are going to take ...
Read More »Intensive and Extensive Verbs in English
When we learn a new language, there are usually different grammar points that we find tricky along the way and English falls into that category too. Do you know what intensive and extensive verbs are ...
Read More »Advanced Grammar – Subordinating Conjunctions
When we learn a new language, we often find that structuring sentences so that they sound natural can be somewhat challenging, however, this can be overcome. Today we are going to take a look at ...
Read More »Advanced Grammar – Correlative Conjunctions
We have already looked at Coordinating Conjunctions. Now we’ll continue with Correlative Conjunctions. These conjunctions connect equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always composed by two words. Addition Alternative Cause-Effect Comparison Condition ...
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