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 take care of Take care of normally means ‘look after’ or ‘take responsibility for’. Nurses take care of people in hospital. It’s no good giving...

Adverbs of manner, place and time usually go in end position, often in that order. Adverbs of indefinite frequency (e.g. occasionally) sometimes...

7 indirect and direct objects: I gave John the keys Many verbs can have two objects – usually a person and a thing. This often happens with...

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...

an interesting book used as adjectives before nouns, or after be and other a lost dog The upstairs toilet window is broken. His idea seems...

1 general rules Forms like I’ve, don’t are called ‘contractions’. There are two kinds, noun/pronoun etc + (auxiliary) verb I’m tired. My...

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...

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