One and ones: avoid repeating countable nouns
Replace a repeated countable noun with one or ones while keeping useful descriptions. Practise singular, plural and uncountable contrasts.
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Requests with can and could
Ask someone to perform an action with a direct or more polite request, then accept or decline appropriately.
Read and practiseIndefinite pronouns: someone, anything and nobody
Refer to unnamed people, things and places with someone, anything and related forms. Practise singular agreement, adjective position and negatives.
Read and practiseQuestions about quantity and price
Ask about an amount of an uncountable substance or the price of an item, and practise forming questions.
Read and practiseBoth, either and neither: choices involving two
Talk about two items together, one acceptable option or no suitable option. Practise both with plurals and either or neither with singular nouns.
Read and practiseHow long: duration and length
Ask about the time an activity takes or the physical length of an object, and understand the different answers.
Read and practiseEach and every: individuals within a group
Focus on individual members with each or cover a complete group with every. Practise singular agreement, each of and almost every.
Read and practiseAsking about frequency
How frequently does something happen? Form everyday questions and answer with adverbs or expressions of frequency.
Read and practiseFew and little: small numbers and amounts
Choose few for countable plurals and little for uncountable amounts. See how adding a changes the emphasis from scarcity to some availability.
Read and practiseWhich and what in choice questions
A limited set or an open field of answers changes the question word: explore choices with nouns and with a phrase naming the options.
Read and practiseEnough: quantity, degree and word order
Place enough before a noun and after an adjective or adverb. Describe sufficient supplies, suitable qualities and results with for or to.
Read and practisePrepositions at the end of questions
Everyday questions often leave a preposition at the end. Ask about a person, a thing or a purpose while keeping the required word.
Read and practiseToo, too much and too many: more than suitable
Express excessive degree, amount or number with too, too much and too many. Choose the pattern by the following adjective, adverb or noun.
Read and practiseProhibition signs and negative instructions
Signs can prohibit an object or activity; negative instructions tell someone directly what not to do.
Read and practisePossession with of: parts and things
A door, a roof or the end of a film: an of phrase connects a thing or part to the whole it belongs to.
Read and practiseNo, none and none of in English
Empty seats, missing ingredients and unused tickets: learn where no, none and none of belong, with examples and three explained English exercises.
Read and practiseNoun modifiers: a coffee cup and a bus stop
A coffee cup and a bus stop show how one noun can name the type or purpose of another noun in everyday English.
Read and practiseAnother, other and others in English
An extra napkin, a different route or the remaining guests: choose another, other and others with six English examples and three explained exercises.
Read and practisePlural-only nouns: trousers, glasses and scissors
Some everyday objects have plural names even when there is only one. Count trousers, glasses and scissors with a pair of.
Read and practiseNo article for general meaning in English
Why say documentaries but the documentaries you recommended? Contrast general plural and uncountable nouns with identified groups in English.
Read and practiseA piece of and a cup of: measuring uncountable nouns
A glass of water or a piece of advice makes a quantity countable. Choose a suitable unit and make it plural when needed.
Read and practiseSuperlative adjectives: the highest degree in a group
Find the smallest suitcase or the most comfortable seat. Form English superlatives, define the comparison group and use one of the best correctly.
Read and practiseSomeone else and anything else
Another person or an additional thing: put else after an indefinite pronoun to express an alternative or something extra.
Read and practiseAs ... as: equal qualities and quantities
Compare length, comfort, speed and amounts with as ... as. Practise not as ... as, as many windows and as much water in clear English contexts.
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