You can improve your listening skills by practising the signpost words commonly used in speech. Note: signpost words are also called discourse words or discourse markers. These are the parts of speech that tell the listener the order of what is being said. Signpost...
Transitive and intransitive verbs have different rules when you use them to make sentences. 1. The boss surprised his workteam. TRANSITIVE VERB 2. The boss smiled. INTRANSITIVE VERB Transitive verbs A transitive verb needs a direct object to make a complete sentence....
Past perfect simple and continuous are used to talk about an ‘earlier’ past when you are also talking about another (more recent) past situation. In general terms, while both past perfect simple and continuous actions are finished, past perfect simple...
Certain verbs, adjectives and nouns naturally take certain prepositions when placed in a sentence – these are called dependent prepositions. For example, you can object to (something), participate in (something), complain about (something). Unfortunately there...
When asking for information in English you can use direct and indirect questions. There are differences in sentence structure and levels of politeness and formality. In English, a basic question can be formed using either an auxiliary verb or a question word. For...
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