Share In this post we’re going to talk about the future. There are lots of different ways to talk about the future in English so let’s start with the simplest and perhaps most typical forms first. Timetable The most common way we use to talk about timetables is by using the present simple. Here are […]
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Share Rather & Prefer In this post we will look at the different grammar of would rather and would prefer and the way we use each of them. They are quite similar to each other and we can use both of them for the same type of idea. Explanation Would rather has the same meaning as would
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Share Verb & Adverb Suffix Types We use a prefix at the beginning of the word to change the meaning and a suffix at the end of a word when we often use them to change the type of word. Understanding when to use prefixes and suffixes correctly are an important part of doing the
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Share In the Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency writing exams, the quality of answers depends on very good organisation of ideas and topics. In this post we’ll look at one aspect of writing that can help you do that – topic sentences. What is a Topic Sentence? A topic sentence is a sentence, quite often at
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Share What is it? The Use of English Part 2 is where you need to put a single word into each gap. In this post we’ll look at ways you can do this Part 2 gap fill exercise. The Part 2 exercise PART 2 For questions 9-15, read the text below and think of the word which
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Share Unreal Past An unreal past structure is one that considers impossible situations. While conditional forms are the most obvious, there are also a number of other ways we can talk about such scenarios. We’ll take a look here at the variety of forms we can use and how we use them. Conditional Forms While
Share What are they? In English we often use a substitute or reference word so that we don’t repeat the original word. Some of the commonest of these words are pronouns In this post we’ll look at how these reference words are used to organise a text. How we use reference words As we
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Share So how do you pick the right Cambridge exam for you? Well, you can take a Cambridge online test and see for yourself. It’s a good place to start and it gives you a good general idea of your level. What next? You need time to prepare. Even if you’re at about the right level, give
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Share Prefix and Suffix Types We use a prefix at the beginning of the word to change the meaning and a suffix at the end of a word when we often use them to change the type of word. Understanding when to use prefixes and suffixes correctly are an important part of doing the word
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