Good day everybody! We hope you are all doing well! In today’s blog post we are going to be looking at reported speech in English and which tenses we need to use to report what ...
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3 Grammar points English native speakers didn’t know that they knew
Hey everybody! Have you ever thought about grammar rules in your own language and knew everything about them? Probably not. Native English speakers are quick to defend their language when something is said that doesn’t ...
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 »Bizarre British traditions
What’s going on ABA family? You know that way sometimes you see news from around the world and learn about some traditions and customs from other countries just by chance and think to yourself: “so ...
Read More »Past simple of regular verbs in English
What’s up everyone! We all know how frustrating it can sometimes be to learn another language and master its grammar. Today we are going to try to calm that frustration by looking at the past ...
Read More »Repeating yourself in TOEFL speaking
Recently, I was reviewing a student’s recorded response to a TOEFL Independent Speaking task. The question prompt asked for a spoken opinion about cell phones. While talking about mobile technology, the student mispronounced the word ...
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 ...
Read More »5 Foreign meals in British cuisine
For years, us Brits have gone all over Europe and even to the Caribbean and Mexico on our happy holidays and along the way have tried some incredible and some *cough* not incredible *cough* food. ...
Read More »How to give constructive feedback in English
Being human beings, it is only natural for us to look for feedback from our bosses when we give a talk or present ideas so that we can make them better for next time but ...
Read More »Present simple and continuous with future meaning
What’s new everyone? It’s that time of the day again where we start to focus on our English and what we can do to improve it. Today we are going to be looking at the ...
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