Time to learn some new words!
Below you can see ten sentences. Choose the word which has the closest meaning to the key word in each sentence.
Make a note of any new words and try to use them in some sentences. You can use the 'comment' box to write your example sentences.
Compare these two sentences:
1) 'Could you close the door?'
2) 'Close the door.'
You probably think that the first sentence is more polite than the second – and you are right.
1) is a request. We are asking someone to do something.
2) is an instruction. We are telling some what to do.
'The car is my favourite invention.'
Many English learners get confused over when to use the. Here we give you some of the basics.
We use the when we want to talk about something there is only one of: 'the moon; the sun; the north pole.'
The is used with specific things. Compare these two sentences:
Fry? boil? spread? stir? bake? grill? whisk?
Can you cook? I prefer eating to cooking. As much as I hate washing dishes, cooking is an important skill because everyone loves a good cook. Today we take a look at 7 cooking verbs. All you have to do is match the pictures to the correct verbs.
The verbs you need are:
'We were worried but the doctor was able to bring her to.'
Today we take a look at phrasal verbs which use the verb 'bring'. Below you will find a definition of each with example sentences. When you have finished, try the quiz at the bottom.
to cause something to happen:
Read the following tour information about a trip to Rome, then answer the 'True or False' questions.
Have your ever been the victim of a crime?
Have you ever witnessed a crime?
Have you ever committed a crime?
By is a versatile preposition which can be used in a number of situations. Today we take a look at some of its basic uses:
We use by to show how something is done:
We send a postcard or a letter by post.
We contact someone by phone or by email.
'The woman climed over the wall.'
It's about time that we took another look at some prepositions, isn't it? Here we have a list of all the major prepositions used in English. As prepositions can have more than one meaning it would be impossible to explain them all here.
There is a quiz for you to try at the bottom.
'They love it' or 'They are loving it'?
When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense. For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.