In this grammar post weโll be discussing different types of conditional sentences in English: how to structure them and which tenses to use. At the end, youโll find an online grammar quiz on this topic.
Conditional sentences in English
Grammar help: used, used to, get used toโฆ
This post has been written with ESL / EFL students in mind, intermediate level and above. The verb โto useโ is a key element in several widely used grammatical structures that students sometimes confuse or don't use properly. In this post weโll go through them, explain their meaning and, finally, practise a bit. USED The …
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Grammar practice: adjectives in -ed and -ing
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B1 and above.] Are you bored or boring? Was the last film you saw interested or interesting? There are many adjectives in English that can be used with the endings -ed and -ing, and students sometimes confuse them. If you are unsure when …
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Thou shalt know thy grammar
In a recent grammar post I wrote about personal pronouns in English, but one thing I deliberately omitted there was the presentation of the archaic forms of the 2nd person singular. Those are thou / thee / thy and thine, which you may have come across in literary or religious texts. Let's first see what …
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