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Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement 4 - Opposite, Beside, Circling, and Following
Welcome to part 4 of the Gateway to Grammar series on prepositions for place (staying still - where is it?) and movement (moving around - where is it going?). Also, this is the fourth week of finding very specific cat pictures and I am suffering.
Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement 3 - Inside, Outside, Through, and Around
Welcome to part 3 of the Gateway to Grammar series on Prepositions for Place (staying still - where is it?) and Movement (moving around - where is it going?).
Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement 2 - Above, Underneath, Over and Under.
Welcome to the second part of Prepositions of Place and Movement, and all the cat pictures that come with it. It’s my mission to include cat pictures whenever possible. We will be adding 2 more prepositions of place and 2 more prepositions of movement this week.
Gateway to Grammar: How to Use ‘In’ and ‘On’ When Staying Still and Moving
‘In’ and ‘on’ are prepositions of place. Prepositions are words that describe a noun’s (in our example a cat’s) relationship with other people or things. Prepositions of place tell you where your noun is in relation to other things.
Gateway to Grammar: Question Tags - What Are They and How Do They Work?
I don’t know why I chose cheese guys, I just thought it was a silly enough example for you to remember it. We are looking at question tags today, the little confusing question bits at the end of a native English person’s sentence.
Gateway to Grammar: Using the Passive Voice to Avoid Responsibility
We live in a time when people publicly apologise for doing something wrong, and that’s a good thing… usually. It’s a good thing when people take responsibility (say they did it), and when they really mean it when they say sorry. That’s why we are going to look at the passive voice today, and how people use it to fake an apology that they don’t really mean.
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families Part 8 - The “Ell” Family
It’s verb family time, and if you are wondering why we have gone from part 2 to part 8, I recommend looking at the whole series here. Basically 2 of them went for a walk and I have no idea where they are. I’m a PROFESSIONAL.
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt.2 The “Ought” Family
This week we are looking at the verb family “Ought”. Verb families are groups of English verbs that sound similar when you conjugate them (use them in different times and tenses).
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families Part 1: “En”
Welcome back to Gateway to Grammar. It’s Verb Families again and we are adding the “En” family as part….1? Yes. I know… we just did part 6 and now we are back at part 1. I will be honest I have no idea where parts 1 and 2 went, and I have been unable to find them.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “fly”
Unfortunately, I can’t fly. Maybe Father Christmas (Santa) will give me wings for Christmas…
Gateway to Grammar: The imperative clause for orders
Give those guys some cheese Karen! That is an order! It is also imperative (which means important). The name of the grammar used to give orders? The imperative!
Gateway to Grammar: Past simple tense
Did you know “was” is from the verb “be”? It is an irregular verb, so it does not follow the same rules as all the other verbs.
Gateway to Grammar: Some and one to speak like a native English-speaker
When someone asks if you want something, the conversation can sound like this for non-native English-speakers…
Gateway to Grammar: 5 most common irregular verbs in the past
To help you improve your past tenses I have taken the five most common verbs in English, and we will look at the past forms of these words.
Gateway to Grammar: Phrasal verbs with “go”
Here are some examples of these phrasal verbs, their meanings, and sentences using them. So, let’s go on!
Gateway to Grammar: Phrasal verbs with “push”
There are many phrasal verbs (more than one word that behaves like a single verb) in the English language that uses the main verb “push”. Let’s have a quick look at some examples in use.
Gateway to Grammar: Who, Whose, and who’s?
Who, who’s, and whose? Who’s asking? You? OK, that’s enough of that. These words all have different meanings but look very similar. Let’s have a look at what they mean.
Gateway to Grammar: English Prefixes and Suffixes
You can really help yourself learning English by learning the building blocks of our weird little language.
Gateway to Grammar: They’re Their or There?
The English language is full of Homophones: Words which sound the same, but have a different spelling and meaning.
Wednesday Wildcard : Free Simple English Tenses Guide
Welcome to the first Wednesday Wildcard!
This week I am highlighting the free learning resources available to you on www.wrightenglish.com