Articles (the;an;a) can often cause a lot of frustration. See how spot-on you are by matching them to these everyday idioms. How well do you know these idioms. Do you have the same ones in your language?
Only use a, an, the
Submitted by Jozua van der Lugt. Teacher at EC Cape Town English language school
Articles (the;an;a) can often cause a lot of frustration. See how spot-on you are by matching them to these everyday idioms. How well do you know these idioms. Do you have the same ones in your language?
Links: Submitted by Jozua van der Lugt. Teacher at EC Cape Town.
Carefully read through the four choices for each question and choose the sentence with the correct grammar. Good luck!
Today's lesson is from Milli Kubach, EC Cape Town English language school.
DO suggests an action of some kind and has a very strong connection with work. Therefore almost all household chores use the verb “do”. The exception is "make the beds".
MAKE gives the idea of constructing something with your hands and creating something that wasn’t there before. In the home you use “make” with cooking for eg. make a cup of tea, make a cake, make a sandwich, make supper.
Complete the sentences with the correct preposition:
Today's lesson is from Marguerite Engelbrecht, EC Cape Town English language school.
Superlatives are the best! Or the worst…or the most confusing…or the easiest…you decide! Take the quiz and let’s see if you can solve it!
1 syllable adjectives. Add the /adj./ est.
Eg: cool = the coolest
2+ syllable adjectives. Add the most to the adjective
Eg: powerful = the most powerful
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.
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
Today's lesson comes from Deborah Jane Cairns, EC Cape Town English language school: