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. ...
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American and Canadian English Differences
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 an untrained ear ...
Read More »The verb “do” for negations and questions
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 do” can be ...
Read More »5 Hidden American gems
What’s up? When we think about the United States, what tends to spring to mind? New York? Los Angeles? Las Vegas? Probably one of these or perhaps the Statue of Liberty or the Grand Canyon. ...
Read More »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 »5 Places you wouldn’t believe speak English
What’s up everyone? If we asked you to say a country where English is widely spoken, you would most likely say “Great Britain” or “The United States”, but there are many more countries in the ...
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 »Qualifying adjectives in English
Hello ABA Friends I hope you are all having a great day! Do you know how to use qualifying adjectives in English? If not, don’t worry too much because we are here to help you ...
Read More »Learn English by watching films
Would you consider yourself to be a big film fan? If you love films and also want to improve your level of English at the same time, then why not combine the too? Why you ...
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