English “used to” and “be used to”
We use the expression “used to” to signify something we regularly or repeatedly did in the past, but are not doing anymore. When using “used to”, the verb that follows …
A1 Level
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
English Telling Time
Asking for the time and telling time are two different forms of talking about time. Here are a few possible questions to use when asking what time it is: Normal …
English Intensifiers
Intensifiers are adverbs or adverbial phrases that lend extra emphasis to or strengthen expressions. Intensifiers can only modify adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Some common intensifiers include: really, very, extremely and incredibly. Other intensifiers …
English Review of Modal Verbs “can” and “should”
The modal verbs “can” is used to talk about ability, ask for or give permission, or to make polite requests. The subjunctive form of “can” is “could,” which is used …
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English Review of Present Simple & Present Progressive
The present simple tense consists of a subject followed by a main verb in the present tense and then a predicate. The majority of verbs in the simple present are action …
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English Object Pronouns
The subject in a sentence is the entity (person, thing, object or place) that is doing something. When a pronoun (I, You, He/She/It, We, You, They) takes the place of …
English The Imperative
Do this! Don’t do that! Let’s do this! We use a verb in the infinitive when we tell somebody to do something. We use don’t . . . when we tell somebody not …
English “There is” and “There are”
If we want to signify that something exists, existed, or has existed in some form or quantity, we use the phrase “There + be/have”, depending on in what tense we …
English Prepositions
A preposition is a word that expresses a relation between one entity in a clause to another. It connects a noun to the rest of a sentence.Prepositions can indicate a …
English Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency describe how often or how little something happens.Common adverbs of frequency are: sometimes, often, always, never, all the time, frequently, regularly, and rarely.Adverbs of frequency can occur at the beginning, …