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Present perfect continuous
A very important tense used in English is the “present perfect continuous” tense. By now you should all know how to use the “present perfect” tense which was studied in unit 85 of the ABA ...
Read More »Top 10 phrasal verbs with “take”
We all know and love phrasal verbs, don’t we? The only tricky thing for a non-native speaker is using them in the correct way and understanding their meanings. There are thousands of different phrasal verbs ...
Read More »How to use “ever” and “how long”
Hello again ABA friends! Let’s look at two very common expressions in the English language: Ever How long Both these expressions are very important to learn and master, especially if you want to form question ...
Read More »Eating out in English
Imagine the following situation: you’re on holiday and you feel like giving local fare a try. You choose a good restaurant, you open the menu and you unintentionally order something that wasn’t what you thought ...
Read More »Apostrophes and Possessive Pronouns
This post originally appeared on the Magoosh TOEFL blog. Today we will look at the way apostrophes are used with possessive pronouns… or rather how they aren’t used, in most cases. For the most common ...
Read More »Superlatives
Hey everybody! I know what you are thinking, ABA English is the best, the most exciting and the most enjoyable course you have ever done in your life! Right? I certainly hope that is true. ...
Read More »Past simple of modal verb “can”
Hey everybody! How are you all? Good, we hope! So, we’ve previously looked at the modal verb “can” in the present tense and “cannot” or “can’t” in negative form in the present tense and it ...
Read More »How to understand an Irish person
Hey everyone! How is your English coming along? Do you understand most accents? What about the Irish one? Well, in actual fact, Ireland has a variation of accents like most English speaking countries, but the ...
Read More »Brexit; How will it affect those who want to move there?
The United Kingdom along with the rest of Europe woke up to news last June 24th that nobody was really expecting: the United Kingdom as a whole had voted to leave the European Union. The ...
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