By Jacqueline Schaalje In this article I am going to show you how to use sentences with whenever, wherever, whatever, whoever, whichever and however. You probably know that you can say: “Whatever,” when someone asks you a question. For example: Your friend asks you: “Would you like to go for a walk in the park… Continue reading How to Use Whenever, Wherever, Whatever, Whoever, However, Whichever
By Jacqueline Schaalje Look at the title of this article. Do you see a mistake there? Most of my students are surprised that everyone goes with does and not with do. They think it strange that everyone is not with a plural verb. Just remember, in English you say: Everyone has. Not: Everyone have. It could be that this… Continue reading Does Everyone Have Their Books Open? – Words that Take a Singular Verb
Look the same, but what do they mean? Meme Binge Must = Have to. Must or have to means that someone is giving you an order to do something. When you were a child, I bet your mother told you to clean your room. So she can say: “You must clean your room.” Or: “You… Continue reading Must, Must Not, Have To, Don’t/Doesn’t Have To
By Jacqueline Schaalje Students ask me sometimes whether they can ask any question with do and does. I say, no, sometimes you need to ask with “can,” or with a form of to be (am, is, are). “So when do I need do or does?” the student will ask. Answer: First of all you use… Continue reading When to Use Do and Does, Questions and Negatives
By Jacqueline Schaalje Henry Burrows At last, a fun subject!. Has it happened to you that you read a sentence and you thought: Heck, this sentence has no meaning? But then you read the sentence again, and a miracle happens: the pieces fall into place. And suddenly the sentence does make sense. For instance, what do… Continue reading Garden Path Sentences – Crazy Sentences that Do Have Meaning
By Jacqueline Schaalje Now a really easy grammar subject: has and have. When do you use have and when has? Look at the picture. What do you see? A man hugging his son. The man has a son. Note: I’m only going to talk about present simple tense, and not about any other tense. There… Continue reading Easy Grammar: Has and Have
A Sentence for Every Occasion By Jacqueline Schaalje Warning: This is a lesson at Expert level. If you’re a beginner, read only the first part in this article about simple sentences, and then do something else. In this article you’ll learn how to write and recognize simple sentences, then compound sentences, and finally complex sentences. As… Continue reading Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
By Jacqueline Schaalje Rob North You can use anymore to talk about situations that were true in the past, but not now. Here is an example: When I was a child I collected cigar bands. Those are the gold-coloured rings around expensive cigars. My uncle used to smoke them, and one day I got his… Continue reading Not Anymore? – Easy sentences with anymore – Plus Quiz
See if you know them now: Do the Conditionals Mixed Quiz By Jacqueline Schaalje This is only for intermediate and advanced learners! I don’t recommend trying to understand this article if you’re a beginning learner of English. If you’re not quite sure, have a look again at some older articles that explain conditionals one by… Continue reading Conditionals Overview
by Jacqueline Schaalje More TOEFL and IELTS Exam vocab! Check out this infographic, and then do the quiz. Quiz Use the correct words, derived from these root words: favour, evict, allege, dispute. Click here to do the online quiz. 1 After the tenants hadn’t paid rent for several months, their landlord was ready to ___________… Continue reading TOEFL and IELTS Exam Vocab
English with a Smile 