Offering, accepting and refusing

Offering When we offer something to somebody we can use the following forms: Would you like some coffee?   Do you want some fruit?   Can I get you something to drink?   What would you like for desert? Accepting We can accept an offer in the following ways: Yes please, that would be great.   That’s very kind of you. Thank you. […]

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Modal verbs of Probability – must, might, may and could

Impossible (0%) Possible (50%) Only possibility (100%) can’t might may could must We use modal verbs of probability when we have thought about something and we say the possibility of something happening. We don’t know for a fact but, having thought about it we can say what we believe. Might, could and may all have the same meaning, namely that’s it’s possible. We use might and could more […]

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Introduction to Modal verbs

The following are all modal verbs: can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would. General things to remember about moda lverbs 1. They stay the same in every form. We never add -s. Examples He should go. She would love it. It will be great. 2. After the modal verb we always use the base form of the main verb. Examples I can drive. You could see. She must save all her salary. This is true also in the past when […]

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Making suggestions

Making suggestions When we have an idea to do something together we can use one of the following forms: Let’s go to the beach! Shall we go to the park? What about watching a film? How about ordering a pizza? Why don’t we go swimming? Responding When we think something is a good idea we can respond with one of the following expressions: That’s a […]

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It takes …

Look at this sentence: It takes me 20 minutes to drive to work. When we talk about how long we need to do something we say “It takes …” It to take object pronoun / name time infinitive of verb It took them 1 hour to do the test. It takes us 1 week to get everything ready. It will […]

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Irregular Verbs (complete list)

Here is a complete list of irregular verbs in English: Base Form Past Simple Past Participle awake awoke awoken be was/were been bear bore born beat beat beat become became become begin began begun bend bent bent beset beset beset bet bet bet bid bid/bade bid/bidden bind bound bound bite bit bitten bleed bled bled blow blew blown break broke […]

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Common Irregular Verbs

Below is a list of the most common irregular verbs in English: Base Form Past Simple Past Participle be was/were been become became become begin began begun break broke broken bring brought brought build built built buy bought bought can could been able to catch caught caught choose chose chosen come came come cost cost cost cut cut cut do […]

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Irregular Adverbs

Generally to make an adverb we add –ly Adjective Adverb quick slow sudden interesting willing quickly slowly suddenly interestingly willingly He was running quickly. She walks slowly. He entered the room suddenly. I went to the party willingly. There are a few irregular adverbs: Adjective Adverb daily early fast good hard late daily early fast well hard late The newspaper comes out daily. He gets up early. They […]

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