You’ll need to know about this (technical/grammatical) topic if you’re studying exam English. The only other reason to read about the subject would be if you’d like to understand why English behaves in the way that it behaves. Let’s start with the basics: One of the main parts in the sentence is the subject. The… Continue reading Fancy Learning a Bit about Grammar? – Parts of Speech: The Subject
When you go to a restaurant or a shop, it doesn’t sound good if you say: I want this and that. Children talk like that. The polite way to ask for things is with “I’d like.” The “’d” stands for “would.” If you would like something, it means you want something. You could say: I’d… Continue reading What Would You Like? – Sentences and Questions with Would Like
John Fladd If you think the question in the title of this article is perfectly okay, it’s time you did an exercise about prepositions. What are prepositions? Prepositions are the little words such as: on, at, in, for, from, of, to, over, under, above, behind, etc. In the exercise you will find some common expressions… Continue reading Are you afraid from spiders? – Prepositions
I’m going to review with you how to use Past Simple and Present Perfect. If you need more than just a review, you can read more about these tenses here and here. Past simple is the easier of the two to understand. When Do You Use Past Simple? When something happened in the past. The past… Continue reading Walked or Have Walked? – How to Distinguish Between Past Simple and Present Perfect
Together and each other are often confused. So let’s find out when you use them. You use together when you are doing things with one or more other people. Examples: I am painting the living room together with William and Kathy. She spends hours every day together with her friends. Do you want to go… Continue reading When to use together and each other
by Olga Koliichuk Jean Cummings 1. The Infinitive is the basic form of a verb. For instance: to be, to see, to go. The Infinitive is an indispensable part of English. It is a non-personal form of the verb. It means that you won’t be able to figure out the person it refers to. For… Continue reading I want to buy a cake – How to Use Infinitives
English with a Smile 