Borrowing is taking (for a time). Can I borrow your bicycle? (not Can I lend your bicycle?) You borrow something from somebody. I borrowed a pound...

1 forms and use In sentences like Come here, Be quiet, Have a drink or Don’t worry about it, the verb forms come, be, have and don’t worry’...

introductionA preposition often connects two things: (1) a noun, adjective or verb that comes before it, and (2) a ‘prepositional object’ –...

1 grammar Can and could are modal auxiliary verbs (see modal auxiliary verbs: introduction-354). a There is no -s in the third person singular...

Thinking about the past and present together We use the present perfect if we are thinking about the past and present together. We do not use the...

4 What are weak and strong forms? Some English words – for example at, for, have, and, us – have two pronunciations: one is used when...

double use of relative pronouns Note that relative pronouns have a double use: they act as subjects or objects inside relative clauses, and at the...

verb + preposition: listen to; look at Many English verbs are regularly followed by prepositions before objects. You never listen to me. (NOT You...

verb • + infinitive see infinitives 4: after verbs • + for … to see infinitives 13: for … to … verb • + infinitive or -ing form...