Irregular comparisons of good, bad and far
Better weather, the worst meal and a farther walk: compare two things or identify an extreme with irregular English forms.
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With and without before nouns
A bag with pockets or a drink without sugar: describe what accompanies something and what is absent.
Read and practiseGeneral possibility with can and cannot
Free internet, a closed tunnel or hot weather: describe what is generally possible or impossible in a situation.
Read and practiseAll, most and some: general groups or specific sets
Distinguish most gardens from most of the gardens. Use all, most and some with general nouns, defined groups, uncountable amounts and pronouns.
Read and practiseStative verbs and simple forms
Knowing an answer, owning a bakery or needing water: recognise state meanings and choose simple rather than continuous forms.
Read and practiseWhole and all: complete units and entire groups
A whole afternoon, all the pages, all the glue: learn how English distinguishes complete units, every member and entire amounts, with three exercises.
Read and practiseState or activity: verbs that change meaning
An opinion, a meal or an appointment? Choose a simple or continuous form according to what the verb means.
Read and practisePresent simple in stories and commentary
Stories, live sports and step-by-step demonstrations often put events in the present, even when a plot was written long ago.
Read and practiseArticles with English geographical names
Paris or the Paris? Learn article patterns for countries, rivers, seas, mountain ranges, lakes and peaks, including the Netherlands and Mount Fuji.
Read and practisePresent perfect in unfinished time
A day or week may still be in progress when you count events. Compare that perspective with a completed period and choose a suitable tense.
Read and practiseCompleted visits and current absence
A completed visit or a trip still in progress? Distinguish experience from absence with two present perfect forms.
Read and practiseDuration, starting point and time before now
Compare expressions for a length of time, its starting point and a finished event measured back from now.
Read and practiseSchool or the school? Purpose and place in English
Going to school differs from visiting the school. Explore article choices for education, hospital care and bed, including British and American usage.
Read and practisePast perfect or past simple: event order
Two past events can be placed in order with the past perfect, while a clear sequence often needs only the past simple.
Read and practisePresent perfect in future time clauses
A future action can follow a completed event: see how when and once connect the two, and practise the present perfect in time clauses.
Read and practiseAdjective order: describing things naturally
Arrange English descriptions such as a beautiful old wooden chair. Learn usual adjective order, material and purpose modifiers, and when and belongs.
Read and practiseFuture arrangements and plans: present continuous or going to?
A booked appointment and a personal intention can call for different future forms, though both forms can describe some plans.
Read and practiseA practical choice with may or might as well
Suggest a reasonable action when no better option is apparent, using two informal expressions followed by a base verb.
Read and practiseExpectations and arrangements with supposed to
A bus due at noon or a rule about helmets can be described as an expectation, even when events turn out differently.
Read and practiseAdjectives in -ed and -ing: feelings and their causes
Was the talk fascinating, or were you fascinated? Distinguish English emotion adjectives in -ed and -ing, including people who cause a reaction.
Read and practiseBe allowed to: permission across tenses
Permission can change with time: describe what people may do now, what they could do before and what they will be permitted to do later.
Read and practiseBe likely to: express probability
A delayed train or an early closing can be probable without being certain. Express expectations with likely to and likely that.
Read and practiseComparative adverbs: faster, more carefully and better
Compare how actions are performed with faster, more carefully and better. Learn English adverb forms, than phrases and lower degrees with less.
Read and practisePresent and past inability with negative modals
A high shelf today and a locked gate yesterday call for different negative modals when describing inability.
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