Categories
- A1-C2: What learners should know (1)
- Apps for English Learning (1)
- Business English (10)
- Business Articles (3)
- Meetings (1)
- Presentations (2)
- Cambridge Exams (5)
- Easily Confused Words (24)
- Grammar (29)
- Linking Words (1)
- Reported Speech (1)
- Tenses (11)
- Idiomatic Expressions (2)
- Language Bias (1)
- Language Hacking Tips (2)
- Legal English (1)
- Matura: Berufsreifeprüfung (12)
- Numbers (1)
- Private Tuition (2)
- Punctuation (5)
- Speaking (5)
- Spelling (1)
- The Basics (2)
- Uncategorized (1)
- Writing (5)
-
Join 427 other subscribers
Keyword Transformations
Category Archives: Grammar
Possessive Determiners
Here’s a chart and an explanation of possessive determiners. (Modified from https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/determiners-possessive.html)
Posted in Grammar, The Basics
Tagged Possessive Adjectives, Possessive Determiners, Possessives
Leave a comment
be used to / get used to
Click on the link below for a simple explanation of this grammar point: be-get used to A typical mistake is to mix up ‘ be used to’ with ‘used to’. Click on the link below to see the latter if … Continue reading
How to use ‘however’
Everything you need to know is here: http://blog.esllibrary.com/2014/08/27/however-7-sentence-positions-2-uses/
Posted in Linking Words, Writing
Leave a comment
likely / unlikely
See here for an explanation and here for a few exercises.
Subject / Object Questions in Past Simple
Check out this infosheet to learn when we use the help verb ‘did’ to make questions in past simple and when we do not. Simple Past Subject and Object qs
Used To
See the ‘used to info sheet’ below for a thorough explanation of how ‘used to’ works and the ‘would for past habits’ info sheet for a comparison to the use of ‘would’ in a similar sense. used-to-info-sheet would-for-past-habits
Somebody anybody nobody etc
It’s essential that you get this right. Mixing up anybody-nobody sounds terrible in English and all it takes is a bit of study and a bit of thought. The basic rule is this: Use nobody/no-one as the subject in statements. … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar
Tagged anybody, anyone, indefinite pronouns, no-one, nobody, somebody, someone, something
Leave a comment
English Verb Tenses: Future Continuous
To review the Future Continuous please click on the links below Future Continuous info sheet01 Future Continuous info sheet02 read the information and do the exercises. Here is a worksheet which will also help you focus on how to use … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Tenses
Tagged english verb tenses, future, future continuous, future progressive
Leave a comment
English Verb Tenses: The Will Future
Need help with the tenses in English? Here’s an excellent overview of the Will Future (also known as the Future Simple). 09 The Will future And here are some worksheets which will help you focus on how to use the Will Future. … Continue reading
English Verb Tenses: Past Perfect Continuous
Need help with the tenses in English? Here’s an excellent overview of the Past Perfect Continuous with links to additional online exercises. Past Perfect Continuous info sheet Read the information and do the exercises.
robertdesenior 