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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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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Question tags are very common in conversation. They can be rhetorical: It’s a nice day, isn’t it? I know it’s a nice day, I don’t really need to ask you but I want you to respond. That was a good concert, wasn’t it? I know it was a good concert but let’s talk about it. And they can be used […]
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Look at these sentences: There is a blackbird in the garden. There’s a bottle of coke in the fridge. There are sixty people in the waiting room. There are a lot of wild animals in the forest. We use the form there is in the singular form and the form there are in the plural form. Singular Positive Negative Question […]
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Look at these sentences: Are there any anteaters in the zoo? No, there aren’t any anteaters but there are some chimpanzees. We use some in positive sentences and any in negative sentences and questions. Positive Negative Question There are some cars. There aren’t any cars. Are there any cars? You have some money. You don’t have any money. Do you […]
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The verb to be is the first verb to learn when you are learning English. It immediately allows us to give basic information about ourselves and other people. Positive Negative I am I‘m not / I aren’t You are You aren’t / you‘re not He isShe isIt is He isn’t / he‘s notShe isn’t / She‘s notIt isn’t / It‘s […]
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Read morePaul Simon, Slip slidin’ away Level: A1 (Elementary) – American English Practise irregular verbs with this Paul Simon song.
Read moreFriends Level: Elementary – American English Despite the fact that she could hardly walk in her expensive new boots, Monica finds it difficult to accept that she can’t wear them again… and that she can’t buy any more! In this exercise there is some useful vocabulary connected with shopping.
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The preposition we use when we talk about a period of time depends on how long the period of time is. Specific day on 18th May Christmas Day my birthday Short period (longer than 1 day less than 1 month) at the weekend Christmas ( the Christmas period not just Christmas day) Long period (at least a month) in June […]
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