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- GRAMMAR:
English grammar rules, verb tenses and forms, tense revision, vocabulary usage, with exercises.
- Basic Grammar Rules: rules on sentence structure and parts of speech
- a-an-the: definite and indefinite articles
- adjectives: comparative and superlative forms
- adjectives- compound: formation and use of compound adjectives
- adjectives - descriptions: people, character and feelings
- adjectives ending in -ing or -ed: meaning and use
- adjectives repeated for emphasis
- adjective order: the correct order of adjectives
- adverbs: formation and position
- adverbs of frequency: frequency adverbs and frequency phrases
- affect - effect: the difference between them
- alone - lonely: difference and use explained
- a lot - much - many: when to use them
- already - still - always - yet: the difference between them
- also - too - as well: where to place and how to use
- although-despite: how and when to use them
- apostrophes: the correct use of apostrophes in English
- at-on-in - prepositions: when to use them
- avoid - pretend - escape: differences and use
- bare infinitives: verbs without 'to'
- beside vs besides: the difference explained
- between vs among: the difference explained
- causative verbs: make, get, have, let
- complain of, about, to, that: how and when to use them
- compound verbs: verbs formed from two words
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conditional structures: zero, first, second and third conditionals
- conjunctions: different types of conjunctions
- correlative conjunctions: conjunctions in pairs: both/and, not only/but also...
- double comparatives with 'the...'the': the more...the less
- double possessives: formation and difference between possesssive and double-possessive
- each-every: the difference explained
- everyone vs every one: difference and use
- even though - even if - even so: how and when to use them
- expect - hope - wait: differences and use
- false friends (faux amis):English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.
- few-little: few-fewer-fewest/little-less-least: the difference explained
- for-during-while: in time expressions
- for-since-ago: when talking about time
- for-to: the difference explained
- future tense
- future with 'going to'
- future time clauses: after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.
- gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
- gerund or infinitive : when can we use both?
- 'if' alternatives : ways to replace 'if' in sentences
- infinitive after certain verbs
- 'I' or 'me': subject vs object pronouns
- in case - unless: how and when to use
- inversion: verb before the subject
- irregular verbs
- job - work: the difference between them
- lay vs lie: diffferent meanings and conjugation
- like - look like- be like: the difference explained
- like - as: when to use 'like' and 'as'
- linking words: connective or transitional words
- look - see - watch: the difference explained
- 'made' with prepositions: 'made' followed by 'of', 'from', 'with', 'out of' and 'in'
- make or do
- mistake - error - fault: the difference explained
- modal verbs: can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will
- must vs have to
- nouns: different types of nouns: concrete, abstract, collective, compound ...
- nouns - collective and compound nouns
- nouns - countable and plural nouns
- nouns - plural forms: how to form the plural of nouns
- number with 'a' or 'the': the difference between 'a number of' and 'the number of'
- of-from: when and how to use
- only-unique: (meaning and use explained)
- other/another: the difference explained
- passive form
- play - go - do: when to use 'play', 'do' and 'go'
- possessives: formation and use
- prefixes: list of common prefixes with examples and meaning
- negative prefixes: list of the most commonly-used
- prepositions: list of prepositions with their meaning and an example of use
- prepositional phrases: set phrases introduced by a preposition
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prepositional phrases with 'at' and 'for'
('at an advantage' - 'for better or worse')
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prepositional phrases with 'by' (from 'by accident' to
'by now ')
- prepositional phrases with 'in' (from 'in brief ' to
'in stock.')
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prepositional phrases with 'on' (from 'on account of ' to
'on a whim ')
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prepositional phrases with 'out' (from 'out of bounds ' to
'out of work')
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prepositional phrases with 'under' (from 'under age ' to
'under way')
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prepositional phrases with 'within' and 'without'
('within earshot' - 'without warning ')
- present simple
- present continuous
- present perfect
- past simple
- past continuous
- past perfect
- present-past revision
- present perfect vs past perfect summary
- present perfect or past simple: when do we use them?
- pronouns: the different types of pronouns
- quit - quite - quiet: the difference between them
- rather - rather than - would rather: when to use them
- relative-clauses: defining and non-defining relative clauses
- remember vs remind
- reported or indirect speech
- reported speech: time and place
- rob - burgle - steal
- say - tell
- shall - will - should - would
- should - ought -to - need
- silent letters: A-Z list of silent letters in English words.
- similes and metaphors with examples
- some - any - a little - a few: how to use to express quantity
- so-neither: how and when to use 'so' and 'neither'
- so-such: how and when to use 'so' and 'such'
- stative verbs: verbs that express a state or condition
- subject-verb agreement: making the verb agree with the subject of a sentence
- subjunctive mood: how and when to use the subjunctive
- suffixes: list of common suffixes with examples and meaning
- the: definite article
- the more ... the less: double comparatives.
- there-their-they're: difference and use explained
- they - them - their: to refer to a person in the singular
- this-that-these-those: how and when to use 'this', 'that', 'these' and 'those'
- travel - trip - journey - meaning and use
- uk/us differences: differences in American and British vocabulary
- used to
- to be / to get used to
- verb tense revision table
- very: the use of 'very' before adjectives, adverbs and nouns
- whatever - whenever - wherever
- whether - if: how and when to use 'whether' and 'if'
- who-whom: the difference between 'who' and 'whom' explained
- who-whose-whom-that-which-where: relative pronouns and adverbs
- wish - if: meaning and use of 'wish' and 'if'
- word forms: the different forms of words in English
- 'would' vs 'used to': using 'would' instead of 'used to' for past habits
- 'yet' uses: different ways of using 'yet'
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