Hello ABA friends! I hope you are all having a great day! Do you know what proverbs are? If you don’t, you’ve come to the right place, proverbs are a collection of wise expressions or ...
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Gerunds after verbs and prepositions
Hey ABA friends! Recently we have been focusing on the use of gerunds in English and when they should be used. In today’s post, we are going to focus on their use after a verb ...
Read More »3 Interesting ways to say “a little”
Here at ABA we pride ourselves on knowing that we are making a difference to our students’ learning everyday and that is something that we always want to improve on. With that in mind, today’s ...
Read More »Using gerunds after verbs
Hey guys! A bit of a confusing grammar point in English is knowing when to use a gerund or infinitive after a verb. In today’s blog post we are going to look at different examples ...
Read More »Gerunds after adjectives and prepositions
What’s up everyone! As we all know, English grammar can sometimes be tricky as it can seem like there is no logic behind the rules. In today’s post, we are going to focus on the ...
Read More »Differences Between Scottish and Standardised English
We all know that English can be tricky at the best of times, but have you ever stopped to think about just how different English speaking accents are, especially in the relatively small United Kingdom? ...
Read More »5 Different ways to say “be reliable”
Has anyone ever told you that “you are reliable” or that “they can rely on you”? This is just the first way to express reliability in English but in actual fact, there is a world ...
Read More »Present perfect with “since”, “for” and “just”
Hey ABA friends! It’s time for more grammar fun! Today we are going to focus on something which can sometimes cause problems for non-native English speakers. The use of “since”, “for” and “just” with the ...
Read More »The power of reading out loud
Reading out loud gets an unfair reputation. A lot of people see it as something you do when you’re a kid… or something you only do with kids, if you’re reading a story to small ...
Read More »Impersonal sentences with “it”
What’s up guys! It is said that grammar can sometimes be tricky. Would you agree? In today’s blog post, we are going to look at the use of the pronoun “it” in impersonal sentences and ...
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