[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B1 and above. It is also available in a slightly adapted version in Serbian.] Correlative conjunctions are used to join words, phrases or clauses within a sentence. They always come in pairs, which is where learners sometimes make mistakes. In languages such as …
Prepositional phrases with ‘time’
Mark arrived on time. Or was it in time? At time??? The use of prepositions in English can be quite confusing to native speakers of other languages. Prepositional phrases can be even trickier because they seem to have a special logic of their own; one needs to learn them one at a time, understanding the …
How to talk about hobbies and free time activities
In this post, I'm offering a few tips on how you can discuss hobbies in English, and what kind of grammar structures you can use.
Graded readers: what are they and how to use them
During many years of teaching English, one thing Iโve consistently used with my students have been graded readers (you can see the ones I'm currently using in the cover photo at the top). There are different types of those - some are designed for native speaker children - but the ones Iโll be discussing here …
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