Cultural Differences for Kids High schools (Do students wear special school attire like uniforms? Can students drive to their high school? Can...

Some verbs and adjectives can be followed by either -ing forms (‘gerunds’) or infinitives. I started playing / to play the violin when I was 10...

spelling (7): doubling final consonants doubling before vowels We sometimes double the final consonant of a word before adding -ed, -er, -est...

verb + adverb particle: get back, walk out Many English verbs can be followed by small adverbs (‘adverb particles’). These two-part verbs are...

Common Collocations On this page, you can find a few short lists of common collocations to give you more of an idea about them. Many good...

1 physical conditions: hunger, thirst etc To talk about experiencing hunger, thirst, heat, cold and certain other common physical conditions, we...

forms: had been + -ing I had been working. Where had she been staying? They hadn’t been listening. For double letters in words like sitting...

According to X means ‘in X’s opinion’, ‘if what X says is true’.According to Harry, it’s a good film.The train gets in at 8, according to the...

What are modal auxiliary verbs? The verbs can, could, may, might, will, would, shall (mainly British English), should, must and ought are called...