How in questions
The word “HOW” is one of the most productive words in English. It helps us create meaningful questions and sentences. The word “HOW” combines with many other words to create …
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There is someone doing something – elementary grammar
I had been using these phrases long before I learnt that they were a grammar item. However, as I have to teach them to my students at school, I have …
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Adjectives with prepositions
Two days ago we encountered a simple exercise in our textbook. Students’ task was to fill in the missing prepositions. Even though my students are strong lower intermediate students who …
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Present simple and continuous tenses
Many elementary students feel they cannot see the difference between these two tenses. To help them I have created a rap which explains the grammar and gives some example sentences, …
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Verbs with two objects
Three days ago we were talking about presents with my students and I could hear that they were using the verbs buy,give, get etc. in a way that everyone would …
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Time Clauses
In time clauses it is important to understand that you cannot use WILL after certain conjunctions, even though you are referring to the future. And that is the whole trick. …
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Definite and Indefinite Articles
As there are no articles in my mother tongue, using them correctly in English is a real challenge. Like many other non-native speakers, I often leave them out or use …
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Containers – mind map and games
The concept of uncountability is very difficult to understand and use correctly for learners of English. However, even the English sometimes need to count the things which are uncountable. To …
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Prepositions AT IN ON – place
A week ago I published a post on prepositions AT, IN, ON for time. Several students asked me if I could do something like that for prepositions AT, IN, ON …
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Present continuous tense
When I was preparing the lesson on Clothes I knew that at the same time the elementary students will have to learn the present continuous tense. And as I had …
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Adverbs – elementary
I like teaching adverbs to students because it is very simple, there are only a few exceptions and you can see that they have learnt something immediately. Adverbs are an …
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Verb patterns – pre-intermediate
My pre-intermediate students are confused by all the different verb patterns. So the last two weeks I spent designing a mind map that would help them. It is in no …
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Past simple tense
Past simple is one of the most important English tenses. Scott Thornbury once wrote that he would sacrifice all the perfect tenses and other grammar if he could teach past …
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Present perfect _ basics
Many students do not understand the present perfect tense. Here is an infographic which should make the present perfect tense easier for students to understand. Advertisement: [showmyads] Advertisement: [showmyads] And …
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Present perfect vs Past simple tense
Many students find the difference between present perfect tense and past simple very confusing. To help them I have created the following infographic. Advertisement: [showmyads] Here you can practise the …
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Present perfect tense
To learn this difficult tense you first have to learn the past participles. Regular verbs just add the ending -ed but you have to memorise the irregular ones. Here is …
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There is – grammar game
“There is ” is a simple grammar point. You use it to describe a picture or a place. If you have a look at this picture, you can say: …
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