english grammar
“A lot of” or “lots of” can be used to substitute “much” or “many”. It marks a large, unidentified amount.
She has many/a lot of ‘friends’, but only a few close friends.
I don’t have much/lots of money on me—I’d better go to the bank.
“A lot” or “lots” can also be an adverb, but without the ‘of’!
Small numbers can sometimes be a problem for students. How do you say those darn things? It’s simple: – For decimals, just say each digit in the series. The period (NOT the comma!) is read “point”. The number 0 is read “zero”, “naught”, or “oh”. 1.23 is “one point two three” 75.09 is “seventy-five […]
These two words may seem like they have similar meanings, but they are not actually synonyms.
“To be” is one of the most common words in English. It has two main functions.
“To Stay”, on the other hand, means “to remain in one place” or “to temporarily reside”:
Put the words in the right order:
1. chocolate I like never to used .
2. at for is Jane me station the train waiting .
3. account from I like my out savings take to would $100 .
4. great a is Mike such guy .
5. but I has Henry have never Pacific Ocean seen the , .
This is a common expression, both on its own and as a part of a larger sentence.
Be careful with it, because neither “you” nor “tell” means what you might think at first.
“You” here is the generic you; it doesn’t mean the speaker is actually talking to someone. Spanish often uses either “tú” or the reflexive in these cases.
Each sentence has a mistake: find it and fix it!
It’s been ten years since I didn’t see him.
I’m thinking on traveling to Istanbul in April.
I enjoy writting.
My wife cooks very well. His favorite dish is bacalao a la vizcaína.
This expression is used when you allow someone to ride in your car and you take them where they need to go.
“Could you please give me a lift to the airport tomorrow? I don’t want to pay for a taxi.”
Put the words in the right order. Make sure to put the adverb in the right spot!
at / I /mall / shopping / the / went / Yesterday
always / cinema / has / Jeffery / loved / the
do / start / usually / When / work / you /?
almost / I / never / TV / watch
Find the mistake in each sentence and fix it!
What means this word?
I make my homework every night.
He only listens music in the car.
Jane wants that I go.
This is a great expression to tell someone to not wait or expect something to happen. Literally, to hold one’s breath means that one fills up the lungs and doesn’t breathe in or out. Figuratively, it means that whatever you’re waiting for will take so long that you’ll need to breathe before it will ever happen.