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I Like to Go to the Theatre or A Theatre? – Learn Correct Use of The and A in These Fixed Expressions

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Hello culture lovers, this is for you. Because we’ll learn a subtle, small, but important issue. Should you say: I love to go to the theatre? Or: I love to go to a theatre? By the way, Americans spell that theater (with er). The answer is: go to the theatre. Because we’re assuming that the… Continue reading I Like to Go to the Theatre or A Theatre? – Learn Correct Use of The and A in These Fixed Expressions

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See How Easily You Can Make Your Writing Better – Pro Tips for Beginning English Writers

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By Evan Parker Writing English can be very difficult, especially if you are not a native English speaker. However, there are a few tips that you can put to use in order to make your English writing better. In this article, we will take a look at a couple very practical writing tips for those who… Continue reading See How Easily You Can Make Your Writing Better – Pro Tips for Beginning English Writers

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You Don’t Need to Be Shakespeare to Know Where to Put Very Much in Your Sentence

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Easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy Kate Ter Haar I finally managed to fix a mistake that one of my students is making all the time. Yay! Hope it will stick. Her mistake is she gets the word order wrong in sentences with very much.… Continue reading You Don’t Need to Be Shakespeare to Know Where to Put Very Much in Your Sentence

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Easy Lesson on Singular and Plural Forms in English – Look at the beautiful carp in the pond!

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easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy Joe Lewis As you probably know, most plural nouns in English are with an S at the end. The plural of hand is hands: one hand, two hands. The plural of pen is pens: one pen, two pens. One… Continue reading Easy Lesson on Singular and Plural Forms in English – Look at the beautiful carp in the pond!

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Past or Present? These Easy Rules Will Make Your Writing So Much Better

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In the past weeks, I’ve been reading and marking lots of students’ essays. These always interest me very much, and not only because of the new or informative content. They also tell me about mistakes that are made a lot. So I thought I’d talk about a typical mistake that you might find useful in… Continue reading Past or Present? These Easy Rules Will Make Your Writing So Much Better

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Upgrade Your English with Used To – I Used to Live in London
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Upgrade Your English with Used To – I Used to Live in London

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You can use the expression “used to” for things that were true in the past, but they are not now. People may have changed their habits, or they have died, etc. Often, used to speaks about the distant past (not about yesterday). For instance, when you were a kid you had a stamp collection, but… Continue reading Upgrade Your English with Used To – I Used to Live in London

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Practising Adjectives with -able and -ive

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Eugene Peretz Some more Word Practice: Let’s make adjectives with –able and with –ive What do Words with the Suffix -able mean? Words with –able as a suffix mean that something can be done. For instance forgettable means that something is easy to forget. Quantifiable means that something can easily be put into numbers (quant… Continue reading Practising Adjectives with -able and -ive

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