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 9 - The “End” Family
Another week another verb family! This week it is the small but beautiful “End” Family. I have also included a very silly joke in the picture so leave a comment if you work it out. You will win… a virtual hug and high five.
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 Part 7 - The “O_E” Family
It’s grammar o’clock everyone, and we are adding the “O_E” Family! The “O_E” Family are a group of irregular verbs that change in a similar way in the past simple and the present perfect (3rd form / past participle).
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.
Gateway to Grammar: Please Proofread
Oh, look everybody! It’s that time of the week again where I scream at everyone to proofread!
Gateway to Grammar: Every singular noun needs an article
Today I’m here to remind you that every singular noun needs a buddy (friend)…
Gateway to Grammar: Are tables best for learning verbs?
There are some really good reasons to learn verbs in a table, and that is what I will explain today.
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt.6 - “ame”
It’s part six of Verb Families!
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt5 - ‘own’
Welcome to Gateway to Grammar Verb Families part 5! The irregular verb family this week is the ‘own’ family…
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families p4: ‘un’
This week we are continuing to look at past tense verb families. This week is the ‘un’ family…
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt.3 “ee”
It is part three of the Verb Family series. This is a great way to learn how to put verbs into the past simple and present perfect tenses in English.
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: There, they’re and their!
Why does the English language have three words that sound exactly the same, are spelled very similarly, and they mean totally different things?
Gateway to Grammar: Asking and Telling
It is useful to look at the difference between asking someone to do something, and telling them to do something.
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: “Used to” things you don’t do anymore
I used to be lonely. Now I have 2 cats, around 100 bees, and more mice brought to me every day than I can deal with! So, what does “used to” mean?