Archives for September 2010
English Grammar: Get Used To
get used to = to become more familiar with something or doing something = the act of becoming used to something (or doing something) = something is not as strange or unfamiliar as it used to be, you have gained more experience get used to + object (something, doing something) He’s lived with her […]
English Grammar: The 3rd (Third) Conditional
Grammar is the way words are organized into sentences. It’s important to remember that not all English sentences follow grammar “rules.” However, there are sentence structures you can learn that make it easier for you to express your thoughts. A conditional sentence is used in English to talk about a result that may happen IF […]
English Grammar: Be Used To
be used to + object (something, doing something) = something that is familiar to you; it’s not new or unusual = something that is easy for you to do because you’ve done it so many times or for so long Example sentences: Jane is used to her teenage son’s strange behaviour. I just moved […]
English Vocabulary: Marriage
Ask Someone to Marry You It is very easy to ask someone to marry you. You just ask, “Will you marry me?” Of course, you need to say lots of romantic things like … I want to spend the rest of my life with you! I never want to be apart from you! You […]
English Grammar: How to Use “Would” to Talk about the Past
In a previous grammar lesson, you learned how to use used to to talk about things you did in the past but you don’t do now. In the listening lesson “53 Years Together!”, I talked about things my parents did when they were dating. I said … They would go on dates to the movies […]
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