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Do you remember when you reached the top of that majestic mountain, when you got to the end of the book that changed your life, when you graduated from school, the day you met your ...

Hey ABA family! Often in English when we make offers and suggestions, we tend to use the conditional so as to be polite to the interlocutor. On the other hand if the interlocutor is our ...

Hey ABA family! Like in most languages, forming questions related to responsibility and obligation can sometimes be a little tricky. In today’s post we are going to focus on forming questions using the “must” and ...

Hey everyone! We all know that in many different countries there are some very bizarre food traditions, to put it mildly. In the English speaking world there are some bizarre combinations for breakfast and today ...

Hey ABA friends and fellow sports lovers! Can you all believe that the Olympic Games 2016 have finally arrived? I mean, it feels like we have been waiting years for them to start! Well, we ...

Hey ABA family! English verbs can sometimes be a little irritating when it comes to figuring out if you have to use one tense or another. Today we are going to look at the differences ...

In TOEFL Speaking and Writing, paraphrasing is very important. Even if a response in these sections is grammatical and easy to understand, it will still receive a very low score if the test-taker copies a ...

British people, what can I say? Well, they have a reputation for being particularly polite as far as the stereotype goes. What are they really like though? The answer- generally very polite. Due to their ...

What’s up guys! Do you sometimes think about different ways in English that you can give confirmation? Today, we are going to have a look at using the verb “to be” to give confirmation in ...

In grammar lessons, you’ve probably heard the terms “verb participle” and “verb tense.” You won’t often use these terms in everyday English conversation, and you probably won’t need to use terms like these on the ...

When people learn a new language, there are always many obstacles and challenges that people need to overcome in order to reach a good level. These obstacles come in many different forms and today we ...

Hey ABA family! As most of us are aware, prepositions in English can be tricky to get the hang of in general. In today’s post, we are going to look at the verb “to go” ...

What’s new everyone? The verb “to be” is the most important verb in English. Today we are going to look at its use in questions in the past simple and how we respond to them ...

On Friday the 24th June the United Kingdom (UK) and the world for that matter, woke up to a result that they were not expecting; the UK had voted to leave the European Union (EU) ...

What’s up ABA family? Today’s blog is going to focus on something simple yet very important– how to express age in English.

Wow! Has another full year passed already? As the sun comes out (finally), London and the tennis world are getting themselves geared up for what is certainly one of the most, if not the most ...