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English Grammar: How to Use Present Simple to Talk about Future Events

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by Melanie

  The present simple can be used to talk about talk about scheduled future events. These are events that happen according to a schedule or timetable. They are usually scheduled by someone else and they are usually public events. Tomorrow is Friday. I fly to Paris next week. The plane departs at 8 p.m. The train to Ottawa leaves at 11:30 a.m. When do you leave for NYC? […]

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English Grammar: Adverbs of Frequency

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by Melanie

Adverbs are very important words in English! They are one of the 8 parts of English speech. However, there are many different types of adverbs. It’s often difficult to remember where to put adverbs in a sentence. In this grammar article, you’ll learn specifically about adverbs of frequency and how to use them in a […]

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English Grammar: When NOT to Use “the”! (definite article)

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by Melanie

For many English learners, articles are one of the most difficult things to remember! Articles are confusing because it’s not always necessary to use an article in English. This lesson is about when NOT to use the definite article the. Sometimes it’s easier to remember when NOT to use something instead of trying to memorize when […]

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Posted on January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: When to Use “Have Got” November 27, 2009 by Melanie Is have got acceptable English grammar? When can you use have or have got in English? In this post, I answer these questions and more! I explain when you can use have or have got, the correct form of have got (hint: “Does […]

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understanding-so-and-too-english-grammar-lesson

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: How to Use “So” and “Too” January 7, 2010 by Melanie I’ve put so and too together in this lesson because I have heard so many English learners confuse them! Why do the smallest words always cause the most trouble? In this lesson we will focus on so and too as adverbs and […]

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Posted on January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: The Second 2nd Conditional October 3, 2010 by Melanie Conditional sentences in English are used to talk about events and their results. The second (2nd) conditional is the present hypothetical conditional. Hypothetical means imaginary or not real. Use the second conditional when you want to imagine that the present, right now, is different […]

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Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: The First 1st Conditional October 10, 2010 by Melanie Conditional sentences in English are used to talk about events and their results. The first (1st) conditional is the possible conditional. It is used to talk about possible future events and their likely results. If this event happens or if this condition exists, this […]

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grammar-when-not-to-use-the-definite-article

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: When NOT to Use “the”! (definite article) April 7, 2012 by Melanie For many English learners, articles are one of the most difficult things to remember! Articles are confusing because it’s not always necessary to use an article in English. This lesson is about when NOT to use the definite article the. Sometimes […]

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Posted on January 13, 2025 by Melanie

English Grammar: How to Use the Verb “Suggest” April 26, 2012 by Melanie A lot of English learners struggle with the verb suggest because suggest is an unusual English verb. It is not used in a sentence the same way that other verbs are. Suggest means mention or recommend something to think about, or something […]

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Grammar

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Melanie

Advanced English Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood May 30, 2017 by Melanie In this lesson you’ll learn … all about mood what the subjunctive mood is how to form the subjunctive the 5 types of sentences in which you use the subjunctive when it’s OK to use “I were“! The subjunctive is not a tense like […]

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