Beyond will and going to, English has precise expressions for the near or scheduled future. At B2 these add nuance: how soon, how certain, or how officially planned something is.
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English has many ways to talk about the future, and at B2 the skill is choosing the right one for the meaning. This lesson compares the main future forms and…
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At B2 you combine several past forms to tell a story clearly. Narrative tenses are the four past tenses working together: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect…
At B1 you make clear past questions with question words (what, where, when, why, who, how) and the past form of did or was/were. The tricky part is knowing when…
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At B1 you go beyond the basics of a/an/the and learn when to use no article (the “zero article”) and how the works with general vs specific meaning.
Articles: Zero Article & Advanced Use Read More »
These three look similar but mean very different things. The key is what comes after, and whether you mean a past habit or being familiar/comfortable with something.
Used to, be used to & get used to Read More »
Embedded (indirect) questions are questions inside a longer sentence or another question. They are more polite, and the word order changes back to normal sentence order (subject + verb).
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These words add emphasis or talk about degree. so and such make things stronger; too means more than you want; enough means the right amount.
So, Such, Too & Enough Read More »
Quantifiers tell us how much or how many. The choice depends on whether the noun is countable (books, people) or uncountable (water, time, money).
Quantifiers: much, many, a few, a little Read More »
We use both, either and neither to talk about two people or things. The trick is the verb: both is plural, neither is usually singular, and either is singular.
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