shall/will + be + .. .ing 1 events in progress in the future We can use the future progressive to say that something will be in progress (going...

meaning: remind and remember These two verbs are not the same. Reminding somebody means ‘making somebody remember’. Compare: Remind me to pay the...

Discourse means ‘pieces of language longer than a sentence’. Some words and expressions are used to show how discourse is constructed. They can...

Near can be used as a preposition. Near to is also possible with the same meaning, but is less common. We live near (to) the station. I put my bag...

1 reactions and feelings: pleased to see you Infinitives are often used after adjectives describing reactions and feelings. I’m pleased to see...

We usually say that something is made of a particular material. Most things seem to be made of plastic these days. All our furniture is made of...

relative clauses: the people who live next door Clauses beginning with question words (e.g. who, which, where) are often used to modify nouns and...

1 ‘higher than’: above or over Above and over can both mean ‘higher than’. Above is more common with this meaning.The water came up...

These two varieties of English are very similar. There are a few differences of grammar and spelling, and rather more differences of vocabulary...