In real-life classes, note-taking is all about personal preference and personality. Picture an average college lecture. There are some students with three colors of pen and an elaborate system of organization, some with unreadable pencil ...

An upper intermediate lesson all about the grammar used to talk about habits.

Learn how to use "shall" correctly. Check out when to use it and how to use it in a sentence.

Learning English with songs is a great way to improve your pronunciation and increase your vocabulary! Today's song: "Hero" by Family of the Year.

We use the future perfect to say that something will have finished by a certain time in the future. It's constructed with the verb "have" in the future, therefore it uses "will have" plus the main verb in the past participle.

Some adjectives need a preposition before their object. 

For example:

Spain is famous for its Mediterranean cuisine.

My dad is very proud of me.

They are so excited about their vacation to Brazil!

Unfortunately, however, there is no rule to know which prepositions go with which adjectives. This means there is only one solution: using the power of memory. 

Our tip is to try and remember a 3 combinations every day (or every week if you're very busy!). Make sentences with each combination, practice writing them down and saying them out loud. Slowly, you will remember them all.

Here are some of the common combinations of adjectives and prepositions: 

The following lesson is for intermediate students. If you are not sure of your English level, take our test!

You can find all this information, plus speaking, writing, vocabulary exercises and more on the ABA English Course Unit 82 -Boys.

One-Syllable Adjectives - Superlative form

Remember how comparative adjectives worked?

For example: 

long - longer

Well, with the superlatives, the endings are different.

The superlative form of one-syllable adjectives normally ends in "-est".

For example: 

long - longest

And before superlatives, we use the definite article "the".

Learn how to interrupt a meeting in formal and informal English for work.

Learn how to use the question tags with the auxiliary verb "Do", for both positive and negative questions.

Welcome ABA Friend! Let’s look at something that many students get a bit confused with. First of all, read the following passage: Do you think we will ever get used to working or studying all the ...