Expressions with MAKE, DO & TAKE There are lots of expressions with MAKE, DO & TAKE in English. Do you know when to use which? If you like our website, share it with friends and colleagues. Thanks! Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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Aug 18
What’s a ‘rain check’? – Now I Know
Rain check is an expression that often pops up in everyday conversation. You may hear it in movies, TV series, and real life English. But do you know what it is? I’m so sorry I can’t go tonight. Rain check? I’d love to go to the movies, but I really can’t. I’m swamped at …
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Aug 04
Accepting and refusing invitations – Now I Know
Accepting and refusing invitations can be tricky (= difficult). What do you say when you’re invited to a party? What do you say when you want to go and what should you say when you can’t or don’t want to? We’ll give you a few tips below! Your friend says: ‘I’m having a party …
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Feb 02
Make new words – Interactive Quiz
How to make new words? Prefixes and suffixes are groups of letters glued to the beginning and the end of a word to make new words. Read more about prefixes here and suffixes here. Let’s do an interactive quiz to practice some common prefixes and suffixes in English. Related posts Prefixes Made Easy …
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Feb 02
Suffixes Made Easy – Now I Know
What are suffixes? Suffixes are groups of letters glued to the ending of a word to make new words. For example, you call someone who always helps other people HELPFUL (HELP+FUL). The base word here is HELP and the suffix I added is FUL (= full of). The two components make up the meaning of …
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Feb 02
Prefixes Made Easy – Now I Know
What are prefixes? Prefixes are groups of letters glued to the beginning of a word to make new words. For example, you may go to the movies for the PREVIEW (PRE+VIEW) of a new movie – an advance showing of the movie before it is officially open to the public. In this example, the base …
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Jan 21
Causative verbs – Get, Have, Make, Let, Help
We use causative verbs to show that someone or something caused something to happen. Causative verbs are: get, have, make, let and help. Here is what you need to know about the causative in English. Try a quick quiz to practice the causative! Causative # 1 – HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE This means that someone does …
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Jan 18
Easily Confused Words – Find, Found & Fund Explained
The verbs find, found, and fund are easily confused – people often have a hard time learning them, so let’s do a quick revision and see how they differ in meaning and how they are used in context. After that you can take an interactive quiz to practice using the words in context. Level: B1/B2 …
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Jan 13
Practice Present Tenses – Interactive Grammar Quiz
Practice Present Tenses Practice present tenses in English with this interactive quiz! It’s quick, it’s fun and great practice. Read more about the present tenses in English here. Here is a cheat sheet in case you weren’t sure about the answers: Related posts Verb Tenses Made Easy – An Introduction Present Tenses Review …
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Jan 12
Present Tenses Review – Verb tenses in English Made Easy
The present tenses can be used to talk about the present, general time and even the future. Do you know how to use them well? Let’s revise them one by one! The present tenses in English are: the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous. Read more about the …
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