. CATCH AND TEACH ‘Catch’ and ‘teach’ are examples of irregular verbs – or verbs that don’t end in ‘-ed’ when they are in the past...
. ALL ON MY OWN Take a look at what ‘all on my own’ means and how you can use it in everyday English. ‘All on...
Used To and Would USED TO and WOULD are used to describe events, situations or actions that happened in the past, but don’t happen anymore. USED...
Use the past simple with a past time reference English learners often misuse the simple past tense. Use simple past only when you tell about something...
. Use of must, should and ought to In your day to day conversations, you might have come across  words such as should, must etc....
UNLESS Unless can mean ‘except if’ or ‘only if’ You can’t go in unless you are a member.( You can’t go in except if you...
Time Clauses – Worksheet Time clauses are introduced with: after, as, as long as, as soon as, just as, since, before, by the time, when, while,...
Time as a Countable and Uncountable Noun The word time has both countable and uncountable uses. When we talk about the amount of time (number of...
That Versus Which If you’re confused about that versus which, don’t feel bad. It’s one of the topics people ask me about. Here’s the deal: some...
Any more or Anymore? Any more as a determiner We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is...
. Subject-Verb Agreement The verb should agree with the subject in number and person. Here is a quick overview of the basic rules of subject-verb agreement....
Shopping for clothes and shoes Here are a few expressions you can use while shopping for clothes and shoes. ‘What size are you?’ ‘I’m a...
See, watch and look See See is the ordinary verb to say that something ‘comes to our eyes’. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we are paying...
. Here are some idiomatic expressions about eating. Eat out – To eat out is to go out to a restaurant. If you eat out every...
Reduced Adverb Clauses An adverb clause can be shortened to an adverb phrase. This can be particularly helpful when you want to express your ideas in...
. Recommended, there are two closely-related forms: For example: I recommend you eat the apple. I recommend your eating the apple. Either form is acceptable. So,...
. Like articles, quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns. They tell us how many or how much. Selecting the correct quantifier depends on your...
Using if . We use if to introduce a situation that may be real or possible. If we miss the bus, we will be late for...
. Recently I read with considerable interest an article on The Nation website that stated that adults in Thailand are ranked 55th from a list of...
. Hand idioms: Idiomatic expressions using the word hand . Experience something at first hand – To experience something at first hand is to experience it...