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At first glance, this might seem very simple. Then, in just a moment, you realize that you don’t know which to choose. Is it at or in? Don’t worry! With a little study and some ...

Have you ever needed a haircut while abroad but not known how to explain to the hairdresser/barber exactly what you want? Leaving the salon with an unwanted haircut happens all over the world, but that ...

What are phrasal verbs? Also known as compound verbs, these are those verbs that change their meaning when accompanied by an adverb or preposition. This makes it inconvenient to translate them literally. If you want ...

What’s up everybody! Job interviews are one of those processes that everybody hates but we know we all have to go through when we want to get a new job. What does this tell us ...

Wow, do we have a mind blowing blog post lined up for you all today or what! As we are all aware, English can be tricky in certain ways and the order of adjectives in ...

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 ...

We often only talk about British or American English, completely forgetting that the English language has many other variants, one of which is Australian English. Australia is a long way away, of course, but in ...

When looking for work, almost everyone knows what a curriculum vitae is and how to write one, but few are aware of the importance of including a cover letter with the CV. It is a ...

How many times, faced with having to write birthday messages and cards have you tried to find the right words without managing to? Having a small vocabulary (compared to your native language), problems with grammar ...

Have you ever thought of moving to the United Kingdom (UK) but seem a little confused by all the paperwork that you would need to sort out along the way? Well, fear no more as ...

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 ...

Hey everybody! As you will all know, the most common way to express agreement and understanding in English is by saying the sentence “I understand”, however it is very important to try to use more ...

  How would you consider your knowledge of object pronouns to be? Don’t panic if it isn’t up scratch. I learnt all of this from THEM! Object pronouns with @ABAEnglish are made easy 🙂 Click ...

If you travel a lot and you’re flying, you will definitely know what we are talking about. It doesn’t matter whether the bag you handed in before departure has gone missing or has arrived late, ...

What’s up everybody? We hope you’re having a brilliant week. Have you ever wondered what people say to each other in English to end a relationship? If you have been thinking about it and are ...

  Today we are going to look at how to form questions with the word “how” and the structure “what…like.” Should we get started? The question word “how” is very common in English and is ...