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Past simple of “to have to”

Hello friends, In Unit 54 you learnt all about the modal verbs “must” and “have to” in the present form, and how to use them correctly. “Must” has no past form, so we generally use ...

How to ask for a payrise

Asking your boss or superior for a pay rise is an idea which fills most of us with dread. It’s a very delicate matter and you never know whether you will achieve your aim in ...

What’s the best way to memorise vocabulary?

What’s new everybody? When people study, irrespective of the subject, one of the most difficult things can be memorising the information that you have learnt. It could be that you understand the technicalities of the ...

Conditional sentences with modal verbs

Hi everyone, Do you feel comfortable using modal verbs in English, or do you need a quick reminder? If so, just check out Unit 49 of the course! We are going to look at conditional ...

Nature idioms in English

Good morning everyone! So, as we all know, English is a rich language which is full of idiomatic expressions. These are sentences that have a specific meaning which cannot be translated literally to other languages. ...

American & Canadian English Differences

What’s up everyone! As we all know, English has an array of accents and dialects that make it a very rich language to learn. There are times however when accents can seem so similar to ...

Interrogative words “when” and “why”

Hi guys and girls! Why are you learning English? When did you start? These two “question words” or interrogative pronouns are used when forming questions in English, especially when we want to find out information ...

Introduction to sentence connectors

Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English. Why? Well, we use them to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences. Today we are going to look at coordinating conjunctions. These conjunctions ...

How to speak like a South African

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Hello ABA friends! Have you heard about South Africa? No, not the south of Africa, South Africa, a country located at the very southern tip of the continent. Well, there are about 5 million people ...

The verb “do” for negations and questions

To do in negations and questions ABA English

Hi there everyone! Do you know what an auxiliary verb is? Well, simply put an auxiliary verb is a verb which “helps” the main verb when forming a sentence or a question. The verb “to ...