English Phrasal Verb – Drag down

Phrasal Verb drag down Definition to make someone feel bad Examples I was in a good mood and then I had to listen to her complaining and she dragged me down. Stop dragging everybody down and enjoy yourself! Verb and preposition separated? Must be separated Normal or Informal Normal American / British / International International Regular / Irregular Drag is […]

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Nouns

Bob Seger, The Ring Level: Elementary – American English This is a song about a woman who got married too young and was not able to realise her dreams. Life becomes monotonous and her wedding ring is a reminder of where it all went wrong. In this exercise there are some useful common nouns.  Glossary “see him through” : get […]

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English Phrasal Verb – Die down

Phrasal Verb die down Definition to gradually stop Examples Let’s hope the fuss dies down soon and we can get on with our lives!   “And sometimes in the wee hours when the traffic dies down she’ll hear the sound of some bird on the wing.” Bob Seger, The Ring Verb and preposition separated? Must be separated Normal or Informal […]

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Verbs of movement

Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris – Return of the Grievous Angel Level: B1 (Intermediate) – American English Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris sing about travelling around America on 20,000 roads all of which lead back home. In this exercise there are some common, and some less well-known, verbs of movement.  See also: Prepositions after verbs of movement

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English Phrasal Verb – Come true

Phrasal Verb come true Definition to become reality Examples My dream has finally come true: I’m going to live in America! “I remembered something you once told me and I’ll be damned if it did not come true” Gram Parsons, Return of a Grievous Angel Verb and preposition separated? Can’t be separated Normal or Informal Normal American / British / International […]

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English Phrasal Verb – Carry on

Phrasal Verb carry on Definition to continue Examples Even though they were shouting at her, she carried on talking. I told him to carry on because I think he’s doing a good job. Verb and preposition separated? Can’t be separated Normal or Informal Normal American / British / International International Regular / Irregular carry is a regular verb

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Subject and Object Pronouns

I love you

The subject pronoun goes before the verb. The object pronoun goes after the verb or after a preposition. Examples: I love you. She plays tennis with him. This land was made for you and me. (Woody Guthrie, This land is your land) Subject pronoun Verb Object Pronoun 1st person singular 2nd person singular 3rd person sing. (m) 3rd person sing. […]

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Time Expressions

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Look at the following time expressions to talk about time periods in the present, past and future: Present Past Future today yesterday tomorrow this morning yesterday morning tomorrow morning this afternoon yesterday afternoon tomorrow afternoon this evening yesterday evening tomorrow evening tonight last night tomorrow night this week last week next week this month last month next month this year […]

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Relative clauses

She is the girl. She goes to my school.

Relative clauses allow us to give further information about something in the same sentence. For example instead of saying She is the girl. She goes to my school. which doesn’t sound very natural, we can say She is the girl who goes to the same school as me. Defining relative clauses When the information contained in the sentence is essential […]

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Relative pronouns

This is John. He lives here.

We use relative pronouns to join two pieces of information together. It replaces the noun. So instead of repeating the noun This is John. He lives here. we can use a relative pronoun to link the two sentences together This is John who lives here. We use who for people: She is the girl who lives next door to my […]

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