Category Archive: Grammar Review

Dec 08

Problem words # 2 – Lie and Lay Explained & Interactive Quiz

 These words are easily confused, so let’s quickly revise them and see how they differ in meaning. After that, take a short, interactive quiz to practice using the words in context. Level: B2 and above Language focus: grammar, verbs in context TIP: It’s a good idea to print out this page for future reference & …

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Dec 06

The Conditionals QUIZ

 What would you do if you won the lottery? I’d buy a house, world-wide health insurance cover for my family and have lots of fun In the meantime, let’s practice expressing sentences about hypotheses – the ones with ‘if’ – with this interactive quiz!           If you like this quiz, share …

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Nov 17

The Top 10 Most Common Informal Expressions with ‘Wish’

 These expressions are very often used in real-life English – knowing them will make your English flow naturally! So here you go!     1) to make a wish = to try to make something happen by thinking about it He blew out the candles on his cake and made a wish.   2) I …

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Nov 17

WISH – QUIZ

 Talking about wishes is no easy task in English. Let’s do a quick quiz to see if you know the most important rules! Scroll down for explanations about how to use “wish”   How to use “wish” in English?   1 Using wish to say ‘want’ You can use the verb ‘wish’ to talk about …

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Nov 11

Dropouts, Startups and Turnover – Nouns from Phrasal Verbs

 Phrasal verbs make up (see this one right there?) a huge category of English vocabulary! Phrasal verbs combine a verb like MAKE and a preposition or adverb like UP. What a lot of people find difficult about learning phrasal verbs is that one verb can combine with several prepositions to make different phrasal verbs. For …

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Oct 22

16 Words Often Used Incorrectly – A2/B1 level – QUIZ

 These words are often used incorrectly, so let’s see how well you can use them. Do the quiz, and then read the explanations to help you remember them better! Level: A2/B1     EXPLANATIONS – WORDS TO KNOW Between and among Between is used to separate people or things. Example: The temperature was between 25 …

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Oct 09

Work-Life Balance – Unfinished Business?

 Having a successful career, or even making ends meet while raising a family causes headaches to many of us on a daily basis. Is work-life balance even possible for most people? Level: B2 and above   Watch the interview and match the words to their definition. TIP: Use the transcript to help you understand the …

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Jul 27

Grammar: Talking about probability or chance…

 How to say that something will probably or possibly happen? Scroll down for a quick task to review ways to talk about probability!   Decide which of the following sentences describe the probability of something happening. Tom must be in his office, the light is on. Sheila must get up early to catch the train. …

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