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Why we say "go to bed, go to work" but "go to the park"?

Why we say "go to bed, go to work" but "go to the park"?

When to use a, an, some, any - Elementary

Average: 3.3 (143 votes)

Name: Deborah Jane Cairns (EC Cape Town)
Level: Elementary
When to use a/an/some/any

Students struggle with this on a regular basis so it is necessary for them to have a lot of practice.

 1. A is used with singular countable nouns that begin with a consonant.

Crazy Christmas - Elementary/Pre-Intermediate

Average: 3 (26 votes)

Today's lesson is from Amy Whiting, EC Cape Town English language school.

Present Simple is used to talk about routines and habits, it uses the form Subject + Verb
Example: We eat turkey at Christmas time

Present simple vs Present Continuous - Elementary Level

Average: 2.2 (21 votes)

Today's lesson comes from Deborah Jane Cairns, EC Cape Town English language school:

Adverbs of Manner - Elementary/Pre-Intermediate

Average: 3.1 (59 votes)

Adverbs of manner are the information providers in English. They are the words that tell us how the verb is being performed. They describe the action and are usually found after the verb. We form adverbs by using an adjective + ly

Find the adverbs of manner in the following sentences.

Choose the Correct Verb - Part II (harder)

Average: 2.3 (23 votes)

Yesterday we had a simple vocabulary exercise about verb tenses: Choose the Correct Verb

Today we continue with a slightly more difficult task. This time, type in the missing verb using the correct tense.

Use the correct form of the verb shown in each sentence. Only use one word per sentence.

I hope I didn't make this too easy! Who got 10/10. Which ones did you get wrong?

 

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I saw a movie last night. Ashley Tisdale says' I am believing you'. is this sentence ecceptable? I know it's grammatically incorrect.

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when to use - you was and you were?

good at/in & skilled/skillful at/in

Those terms are confusing,could anyone explain how they are used, please?

How to write Contractions

Average: 1.9 (149 votes)

A Pre-Intermediate task for you today:

A contraction is formed by joing two other words.

An apostrophe shows where a letter or letters have been omitted (left out).

Example: it is = it's ( i is omitted).

Exception: won't is an exception. Will not becomes won't.

Write the correct contraction for each pair of missing words. When you have finished write some example sentences using contractions.