Grammaire
Adjectives
Adjectives describe things and feelings, and they change form to compare or show extremes: Regu...
Adverbs
Polite Requests Adverbs add a level of formality which means our requests are serious and formal...
Comparatives and superlatives
help compare things or describe the highest degree of a quality: Comparatives: Compare two thi...
Conjunction
FANBOYS: We can remember the most common conjunctions with the mnemonic For And Nor But Or Yet...
Determiners
Determiners help describe nouns Countable nouns: Use numbers or words like "many" or "few" (e...
Emphatic do
Sometimes we add "do" before the main verb of the sentence. This is called the Emphatic do, and...
Inversion
Inversion We normally use inversion to ask a question or add emphasis to our point. Inversion...
Modal Verbs (Suggest & Advise)
The modal verb OUGHT TO is similar to should. We use it for formal and serious things: profession...
Negative clauses (neither /nor)
The inversion comes in the second clause.“They didn't fix the bugs, nor did they try.” Inversi...
passive /personal passive sentences
The Impersonal Passive structure is used for: Things that are thought, believed, said, or report...
Relative Pronouns
THAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM & WHOSE They are used for Relative Clauses, which tell us more about pe...
The Imperative Instruction
We form the imperative by using the infinitive form of the verb without "to". “Switch off your ...
Was / Were On The Point Of
TO BE ON THE POINT OF DOING SOMETHING is a common phrase commonly used in the past tense follow...
Passive Voice with Necessity
If you have studied the Passive Voice before, you will remember that it is used when the object r...
Phrases with IF
IF is an important conjunction which we use in various ways, often for a conditional sentence or ...
Requests / Questions
There are many ways to make requests or ask questions. We always talk about the magic word PLEASE...
Expressing Doubt and Uncertainty
In many everyday situations, we might be uncertain about what we’re saying. We sometimes doubt wh...